Fórnarhönd

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fórnarhönd

Meaning 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.

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