Miðsumarsvökuaptann

Old Norwegian Dictionary - miðsumarsvökuaptann

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "miðsumarsvökuaptann" (or miðsumarsvǫkuaptann) in Norwegian.

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

miðsumarsvökuaptann (miðsumarsvǫkuaptann): miðsumarsvökuaptann, m. Santhansaften, 23de Juni. DN. III, 1724.

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, miðsumarsvökuaptann may be more accurately written as miðsumarsvǫkuaptann.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚦᛋᚢᛘᛆᚱᛋᚠᚯᚴᚢᛆᛕᛏᛆᚿᚿ
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.