Jónsvökuaptan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jónsvökuaptan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jónsvökuaptan" (or jónsvǫkuaptan) in Norwegian.

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

jónsvökuaptan (jónsvǫkuaptan)
jónsvökuaptan, m. Aftenen før jónsvakaeller jónsmessa. Eids. 1, 810; Rb. 120 b17;DN. II, 15623.

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, jónsvökuaptan may be more accurately written as jónsvǫkuaptan.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚮᚿᛋᚠᚯᚴᚢᛆᛕᛏᛆᚿ
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:

a.
accusativ.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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