Kjötsunnudagr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kjötsunnudagr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kjötsunnudagr" (or kjǫtsunnudagr) in Norwegian.

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

kjötsunnudagr (kjǫtsunnudagr)
kjötsunnudagr, m. Fastelavnssøndag (do-minica carnisprevii DN. II, 10648;gsv. kötsunnudagh Schlyter 368 a2; gd. flæskesöndag Kalkar I, 574 b3 fgg). DN.I, 3985. II, 4035. III, 5144. IV, 7904. 9674.V, 733 fg. 8074. 83314. X, 1593.

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, kjötsunnudagr may be more accurately written as kjǫtsunnudagr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚯᛏᛋᚢᚿᚿᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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:

fg.
følgende.
gd.
gammeldansk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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