Fökta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fökta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fökta" (or fǫkta) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

fökta (fǫkta): fökta, v. (að) flygte; sá berst þá, er berj-ast vill, en hinn föktar, sem fökta villFm. VI, 624; jvf flökta 2.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, fökta may be more accurately written as fǫkta.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᛏᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.