Forgöngukona

Old Norwegian Dictionary - forgöngukona

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "forgöngukona" (or forgǫngukona) in Norwegian.

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

forgöngukona (forgǫngukona)
forgöngukona, f. Kvinde der gaar foran, for at andre kunne følge i hendes Fod- spor, = forgangskona. Mar. 16612.

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, forgöngukona may be more accurately written as forgǫngukona.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᚴᚮᚿᛆ
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:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.

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