Fönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fönn" (or fǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

fönn (fǫnn): fönn, f. Sne; hvítr sem fönn nýfallinKlm. 44125. 5012; jvf El. 875. 87 D4;eptir standa skór þínir í fönninniSvarfd. 2399; skulo þeir báðir fönnundan fœra, ef þarf Hák. 10610; ætlahonum at ríða á milli kirkjugarðs okfannar þeirrar, er þar hafði lagt semleiðin lá í túnit; standa nú sumirá kirkjugarðinum, en sumir á skafl-inum; kemr nú sem þeir ætluðu, atH. ríðr fram á milli þeirra Sturl. I,29419.

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, fönn may be more accurately written as fǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚿᚿ
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.

fd.: finlandisk.

m.: Masculin.

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