Nautahöfn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nautahöfn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nautahöfn" (or nautahǫfn) in Norwegian.

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

nautahöfn (nautahǫfn)
nautahöfn, f. Havnegang, Græsgang for Hornkvæg; norden at gardenom okvægenom tha var theiræ nautæhampnRyghilandz oc Hwaals DN. V, 51820 fg(fra Aaret 1416).

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, nautahöfn may be more accurately written as nautahǫfn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛆᚢᛏᛆᚼᚯᚠᚿ
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.

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