Mannsvöxtr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mannsvöxtr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mannsvöxtr" (or mannsvǫxtr) in Norwegian.

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

mannsvöxtr (mannsvǫxtr): mannsvöxtr, m. Mandshøide (jvf mann-hæð); gera gröf svá djúpa, at nær vartveggja mannsvaxta Fld. II, 50829 (Örv.1713); lengri ok meiri en mannsvaxtarHom. 15123.

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, mannsvöxtr may be more accurately written as mannsvǫxtr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᚿᛋᚠᚯᛋᛏᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.