Jöklavatn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jöklavatn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jöklavatn" (or jǫklavatn) in Norwegian.

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

jöklavatn (jǫklavatn): jöklavatn, n. Vand som er fuldt af Is. Heilag. II, 21925 (jvf 2165. 2173); Fld.III, 57025.

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, jöklavatn may be more accurately written as jǫklavatn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚯᚴᛚᛆᚠᛆᛏᚿ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.