Gamansfrásögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gamansfrásögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gamansfrásögn" (or gamansfrásǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

gamansfrásögn (gamansfrásǫgn): gamansfrásögn, f. Fortælling som tjener til Underholdning, Moro, Fornøielse. Fsk. 1941.

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, gamansfrásögn may be more accurately written as gamansfrásǫgn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᛘᛆᚿᛋᚠᚱᛆᛋᚯᚵᚿ
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.