Fornsöngr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fornsöngr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fornsöngr" (or fornsǫngr) in Norwegian.

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

fornsöngr (fornsǫngr)
fornsöngr, m. gammel Sang. Didr. 18113.

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, fornsöngr may be more accurately written as fornsǫngr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚿᛋᚯᚿᚵᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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