Ólafsvökuaftann
Old Norwegian Dictionary - ólafsvökuaftannMeaning of Old Norwegian word "ólafsvökuaftann" (or ólafsvǫkuaftann) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- ólafsvökuaftann (ólafsvǫkuaftann)
- ólafsvökuaftann, m. Dagen før ólafsvakaeller ólafsmessa, = ólafsmessuaptann;ólafsvökuaftann var á sunnudegi, enmessudaginn sjalfann (= ólafsvökudagFlat. III, 16830) vóru sungnar tíðir umbœinn; eftir messor - Flat. III, 16910 fg;ólafsvökuaptann hinn síðari dvs. Dagen før ólafsvökudagr hinn síðari DN. II, 1725.
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, ólafsvökuaftann may be more accurately written as ólafsvǫkuaftann.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᛚᛆᚠᛋᚠᚯᚴᚢᛆᚠᛏᛆᚿᚿ
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:
- lat.
- latinsk.
- m.
- Masculin.
- s.
- substantiv.