Köngurváfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - köngurváfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "köngurváfa" (or kǫngurváfa) in Norwegian.

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

köngurváfa (kǫngurváfa): köngurváfa, f. Ædderkop, lat. aranea (Folke-spr. kongrova, kongro Aasen 379 b13 fgg;sv. kangro Rietz 307 a; jvf nht. kankerDWb. V, 162 fg; kv. kankas dvs. Væv, kankuri dvs. Væver); köngurváfa Herv.24522; kongorvofor Elucid. 635; kang-urvavor Elucid. 1097; kaungurvofurHeilag. I, 28010; kaungurvavor, kaun-gurvafva Mar. 1536. 20; kaungurovurHerv. 33524; kongurvafuvefr (m.) dvs.Spindelvæv, lat. araneum Barl. 195&vl 5.

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, köngurváfa may be more accurately written as kǫngurváfa.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᚿᚵᚢᚱᚠᛆᚠᛆ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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