Götunisti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - götunisti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "götunisti" (or gǫtunisti) in Norwegian.

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

götunisti (gǫtunisti): götunisti, n. Veikost, Reisemad, Proviant,= nest, mlat. viaticum (se Du Cange III, 1306 fg); sem hann svá nálgastsína dauðastund, þá beiddi hann prest-ana, er -, at þeir skyldu gefa honomheilagt götunisti, en þat er guðs lík-ami, er kallast engla brauð ok veg-farandi manna fœða Bp. I, 2498.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᛏᚢᚿᛁᛋᛏᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

mlat.: Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

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