Grundvöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - grundvöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "grundvöllr" (or grundvǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

grundvöllr (grundvǫllr)
grundvöllr, m. Grundvold, Fundament.Fm. VI, 44011; DN. IV, 5374. 6. 12; Kgs. 34 fg; Mar. 1228; Heilag. I, 70631. 35;Flat. I, 22927; Stj. 13417; grafa grund-völl til nökkurra herbergja Bret. 4(11817).

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, grundvöllr may be more accurately written as grundvǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᚢᚿᚦᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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