Mötunautr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mötunautr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mötunautr" (or mǫtunautr) in Norwegian.

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

mötunautr (mǫtunautr): mötunautr, m. Person som er í mötuneytimeð e-m; ef sá maðr andast, er engi áfrænda hér á landi, ok andast at skipi,þá skal félagi hans taka þat fé eptirhann; ef hann á eigi félaga, þá skal takamötunautr hans, en ef mötunautar hanseru fleiri en einn, þá skal sá taka, eroptast át mat við hann Grg. I, 22814 fggjvf Grág. 33822-3392; ef stýrimaðrvegr þann mann, er eigi á félaga innanborðs né mötunaut Grág. 3396.

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, mötunautr may be more accurately written as mǫtunautr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᛏᚢᚿᛆᚢᛏᚱ
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.

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