Njarðarvöttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - njarðarvöttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "njarðarvöttr" (or njarðarvǫttr) in Norwegian.

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

njarðarvöttr (njarðarvǫttr)
njarðarvöttr, m. 1) Svamp (jvf StrømsBeskrivelse over Søndmør I, 1289, hvor-efter de Svampe, som paa Søndmør dra- ges op af Søen, der kaldes Sjøvott); þarvar af þeim njarðarvetti (&vl njarðar-vött, = spongia L. 21), sem várumherra var gefit edik at drekka af ákrossinum Mar. 64323; í einu nunnu-setri var mær nökkur sú, er -; fylldihón þar embætti allrar þjónustu, sváteptir almenniligum orðskvið mætti hónkallast njarðarvöttr alls hússins (= lat.universæ domus spongia) Heilag. II,66226 jvf 40. 2) en vis saa kaldet Udtryks-maade; þessa fígúru köllum vér njarðar-vött í skáldskap SE. II, 1684.

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, njarðarvöttr may be more accurately written as njarðarvǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛁᛆᚱᚦᛆᚱᚠᚯᛏᛏᚱ
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:

L.
Linje.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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