Fölna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fölna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fölna" (or fǫlna) in Norwegian.

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

fölna (fǫlna): fölna, v. (að) 1) blegne, falme (blive fölr);fellr þat (gras ok blóm) ok fölnar SE. I,417; af hans hjartaliga harmi fölnar hansásjóna Mar. 82529; úsýnt þykki mér,at hún fölni meirr við þessi tíðendien þú Laxd. 46 (1499); þá fölnar húnsem hún dauð væri Fld. I, 188 (Völs.14720); fölnaði ok hræddist SE. I,17012; eldrinn var fölnaðr (&vl fölsk-aðr Eb. 54 (10011). 2) forfalde; kirkjanvar mjök fyrnd ok fölnuð Bp. I, 1985.

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, fölna may be more accurately written as fǫlna.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚿᛆ
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:

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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