Jöðurr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jöðurr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jöðurr" (or jǫðurr) in Norwegian.

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

jöðurr (jǫðurr)
jöðurr, m. = jaðarr 2; se NFkv. 1 b33.388 a22 fg; forekommer som Mandsnavn Fbr. 7 fg (Flat. II, 94), som Elvenavni Jöðurlíð á Haðalandi EJb. 2718; i Jöðurdalr á Blökum EJb. 24125 (ogsaaskrevet Jöðrudalr EJb. 45312; Jöðra-dalir EJb. 47823. 4796); jvf jaðarr.

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, jöðurr may be more accurately written as jǫðurr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚯᚦᚢᚱᚱ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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