Menvörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - menvörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "menvörðr" (or menvǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

menvörðr (menvǫrðr)
menvörðr, m. fornem Mand, eg. Hals-baandets Vogter. Ghe. 30 (28).

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, menvörðr may be more accurately written as menvǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᚿᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
m.
Masculin.

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