Öfundartönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öfundartönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öfundartönn" (or ǫfundartǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

öfundartönn (ǫfundartǫnn): öfundartönn, f. Misundelsens, Hadets Tand;bíta e-n með öfundartönn Stat. 23822.

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, öfundartönn may be more accurately written as ǫfundartǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᚢᚿᚦᛆᚱᛏᚯᚿᚿ
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.