Fölvan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fölvan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fölvan" (or fǫlvan) in Norwegian.

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

fölvan (fǫlvan): fölvan, f. = fölnan; þat klæði varð-veitist fyrir útan spell ok fölvan allttil þessa dags Heilag. I, 7035 (Mar.54812).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚠᛆᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.