Mannavöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mannavöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mannavöld" (or mannavǫld) in Norwegian.

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

mannavöld (mannavǫld)
mannavöld, n. pl. Menneskers Virksomhed;vera af mannavöldum dvs. være gjort afMennesker, Nj. 49 (763); jvf Flat. I,3804.

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, mannavöld may be more accurately written as mannavǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᚿᛆᚠᚯᛚᚦ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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