Gjöfvinr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gjöfvinr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gjöfvinr" (or gjǫfvinr) in Norwegian.

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

gjöfvinr (gjǫfvinr): gjöfvinr, m. = gjafvinr. Homil. 11439.

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, gjöfvinr may be more accurately written as gjǫfvinr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚯᚠᚠᛁᚿᚱ
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.