Föstuklæði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föstuklæði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föstuklæði" (or fǫstuklæði) in Norwegian.

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

föstuklæði (fǫstuklæði)
föstuklæði, n. Klæder som man i Faste-tiden er iført; hann (nl. Sveinn kon-ungr) bauð mér hirðvist - ok gafmér klæði þau, er hann sjalfr hafðiborit um föstuna; k. mælti: skyltþótti mér þat, at hann sperði ekkimat við þik eðr föstuklæði, þat er eisvá mikils vert, þat má vel gjöra viðstafkarla Flat. III, 41425.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, föstuklæði may be more accurately written as fǫstuklæði.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᚴᛚᛅᚦᛁ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.

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