Fórnarhönd
Old Norwegian Dictionary - fórnarhöndMeaning of Old Norwegian word "fórnarhönd" (or fórnarhǫnd) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- fórnarhönd (fórnarhǫnd)
- fórnarhönd, f. Haand som bringer Gave,Offer. Magn. 51416 (c. 31).
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, fórnarhönd may be more accurately written as fórnarhǫnd.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚿᛆᚱᚼᚯᚿᚦ
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:
- c.
- Capitel.
- f.
- Feminin.
- gn.
- gammelnorsk.
- n.
- Neutrum.