Fótgönguherr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fótgönguherr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fótgönguherr" (or fótgǫnguherr) in Norwegian.

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

fótgönguherr (fótgǫnguherr)
fótgönguherr, m. Hær af Fodfolk, = fót-gangandi herr Stj. 45612; Fris. 11131.

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, fótgönguherr may be more accurately written as fótgǫnguherr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᛏᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᚼᚽᚱᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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