Morgindögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - morgindögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "morgindögg" (or morgindǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

morgindögg (morgindǫgg)
morgindögg, f. Dug som falder om Morge-nen, paa den Tid dækker Jorden. Vafþr.45 (SE. I, 20219).

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, morgindögg may be more accurately written as morgindǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚮᚱᚵᛁᚿᚦᚯᚵᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.
n.
Neutrum.

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