Hvasskömbóttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvasskömbóttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvasskömbóttr" (or hvasskǫmbóttr) in Norwegian.

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

hvasskömbóttr (hvasskǫmbóttr)
hvasskömbóttr, adj. forsynet med en skarp Kam (kambr) paa Ryggen; þeir fiskarsem hvasskömbóttir eru um bakit Stj.7727; jvf hvass kambr gékk eptir bakihans (nl. drekans) sem breið öxareggHeilag. I, 53327.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛆᛋᛋᚴᚯᛘᛒᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
nl.
nemlig.

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