Föxóttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - föxóttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "föxóttr" (or fǫxóttr) in Norwegian.

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

föxóttr (fǫxóttr)
föxóttr, adj. = faxaðr; grár hestr föx-óttr Klm. 19125; Vem. 2324; Landn.3, 8 (1955); föxóttr Gaskunie hestrKlm. 35020; hestr stendr hér við stall,föxóttr ok grár at lit, hauss hans Faxaskal þér at bana verða Fld. II, 16818.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛋᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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