Matönnungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - matönnungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "matönnungr" (or matǫnnungr) in Norwegian.

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

matönnungr (matǫnnungr)
matönnungr, m. Person som gjør, kan gjøresaa meget Arbeide, at han derved for-tjener, gjør Ret for sin Føde, = mat-annungr, (jvf önnungr SE. I, 53213).NL. IV, 13228.

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, matönnungr may be more accurately written as matǫnnungr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᛏᚯᚿᚿᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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:

L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.

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