Föstudagr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föstudagr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föstudagr" (or fǫstudagr) in Norwegian.

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

föstudagr (fǫstudagr): föstudagr, m. 1) Dag paa hvilken der skal fastes. JKr. 284. 10; AKr. 1869. 12;Nj. 106 (1653). 2) Fredag, = frjá-dagr. Fm. VII, 16015; Nj. 158 (2743);DI. I, 2414; föstudagrinn hinn langidvs. Langfredag, langafrjádagr, Nj. 158(2799 fg); Bp. I, 20913.

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, föstudagr may be more accurately written as fǫstudagr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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:

gr.: græft.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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