Föstunótt

föstunótt (fǫstunótt)

föstunótt, f. = frjánótt, frjádagsnótt.Nj. 122 (18627) jvf &vl; Sturl. I, 16828;DI. I, 23622 (se under föstumatr); varþví heitit, at allir menn, er þá vórumeð Þórði, skyldu vatna (&vl vatn-fasta) allar föstunætr innan þeirratolf mánaða ok fasta laugardaga allatil vetrar fram Sturl. II, 5318; frá því,er vetr kemr, skal fasta föstunætrallar til páska, nema þá, er næst erjólum eptir, þá er lofat at hafa hvítanmat DI. I, 2366; 11 ero nætr þær, erlögskyldar eru at fasta í langaföstu,föstunætr 7 ok miðvikunótt en fyrstaok in efsta ok miðvikunótt í ymbru-dögum ok þváttnótt Grg. I, 3223; áföstunótt Heilag. II, 29815 (svarer tillat. sexta feria i Epistola Luciani presbyteri Surius 3 Aug. de inventionecorporis S. Stephani).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᚿᚮᛏᛏ
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.