Karlaföt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - karlaföt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "karlaföt" (or karlafǫt) in Norwegian.

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

karlaföt (karlafǫt): karlaföt, n. pl. Mandsklæder, = karlföt,karlklæði; eptir þat sneyrist Jórunní karlaföt ok fór með Magnúsi prestisuðr á Eyrar á laun ok eptir þat aflandi á braut Bp. I, 65322.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᚱᛚᛆᚠᚯᛏ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

pl.: Pluralis.

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