Heimankvöð

Old Norwegian Dictionary - heimankvöð

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "heimankvöð" (or heimankvǫð) in Norwegian.

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

heimankvöð (heimankvǫð)
heimankvöð, f. Handlingen at kveðja búaheiman (jvf Grg. I, 564). Grg. I, 1179.

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, heimankvöð may be more accurately written as heimankvǫð.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚽᛁᛘᛆᚿᚴᚠᚯᚦ
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.

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