Föstulavent

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föstulavent

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föstulavent" (or fǫstulavent) in Norwegian.

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

föstulavent (fǫstulavent): föstulavent, s. Fastelaven, = föstugangr,föstuígangr, föstuinngangr (gsv. faste-laven se Bröderne af St. Gertruds Gille i Stockholm (Småstycken påForn Svenska, samlade af G. E. Klemming) s. 29923. 3006. 30118. 31120.31617; af gnt. vastelavent, vastaventMnd. Wb. V, 210 a26 fgg. 209 b30 fgg); áfredagen nestan firir fasto lauent DN.I, 57026.

Part of speech: s

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᛚᛆᚠᚽᚿᛏ
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:

fgg.: følgende (om flere).

G.: Genitiv.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.