Frændaskömm

Old Norwegian Dictionary - frændaskömm

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "frændaskömm" (or frændaskǫmm) in Norwegian.

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

frændaskömm (frændaskǫmm): frændaskömm, f. 1) Gjerning og andet hvormed man beskjæmmer sin Slægt.Bp. I, 113. 2) Person som beskjæmmer sinSlægt, = ættarskömm. Sturl. I, 128.

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, frændaskömm may be more accurately written as frændaskǫmm.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚱᛅᚿᚦᛆᛋᚴᚯᛘᛘ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

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