Kjöttunna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kjöttunna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kjöttunna" (or kjǫttunna) in Norwegian.

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

kjöttunna (kjǫttunna): kjöttunna, f. Kjødtønde, Tønde som inde-holder Kjød. DN. IV, 6817.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚯᛏᛏᚢᚿᚿᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.