Forgöngusveinn
Old Norwegian Dictionary - forgöngusveinnMeaning of Old Norwegian word "forgöngusveinn" (or forgǫngusveinn) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- forgöngusveinn (forgǫngusveinn)
- forgöngusveinn, m. ung Mandsperson som gaar i Spidsen for andre; hann(nl. sniddarinn) hafði marga sveina, ersaumuðu með honum - þat er hannsneið með slœgð; af þeim var einnforgöngusveinn í þeirri list Æf. 734.
Part of speech: m
Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, forgöngusveinn may be more accurately written as forgǫngusveinn.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛋᚠᚽᛁᚿᚿ
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.
- m.
- Masculin.
- nl.
- nemlig.