Föstumatr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föstumatr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föstumatr" (or fǫstumatr) in Norwegian.

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

föstumatr (fǫstumatr)
föstumatr, m. Fastespise, saadan Mad som spises, bruges i Fastetiden; lofat er þeimmönnum, er eigi hafa vel föstunat,at hafa hvítan mat föstunætr fyrirhvíta daga DI. I, 23621; þat var álangaföstu, at bóndi fór at kaupaföstumat -, því at þá var lokit öllumvistum heima, nema hval Bp. I, 20824jvf 20828. 2099; þá var föstumatarfátt Sturl. I, 1352; er þeir fundu Einar,föluðu þeir föstumat at honum, enhann vildi engan selja, en bauð vætthvals ok aðra riklinga Sturl. I, 3323;hafði gótt til föstumatar, riklinga okrafi ok svá fiska Sturl. I, 33136.

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, föstumatr may be more accurately written as fǫstumatr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᛘᛆᛏᚱ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.

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