Förnuðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - förnuðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "förnuðr" (or fǫrnuðr) in Norwegian.

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

förnuðr (fǫrnuðr): förnuðr, m. = farnaðr? tók hann þáÓlaf á sínn faurnuð (= á sítt valdFm. I, 81; í sítt vald Fris. 10015;Hkr. 12920) ok hélt hann svá vegligasem - Flat. I, 8111; jvf Fm. X, 2307 fgg

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, förnuðr may be more accurately written as fǫrnuðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚱᚿᚢᚦᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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