Ólafsvökudagr
Old Norwegian Dictionary - ólafsvökudagrMeaning of Old Norwegian word "ólafsvökudagr" (or ólafsvǫkudagr) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- ólafsvökudagr (ólafsvǫkudagr)
- ólafsvökudagr, m. = ólafsvaka, ólafsmessa;ólafsvökudagr fyrri, hinn fyrri NBKr.97; DN. I, 2094. II, 9913; ólafsvökudagrhinn síðarri OH. 24836; með því, atkonungr var í ættartölu við enn helgaÓlaf, þá vildi hann helzt á hans hátíðar-degi þá sœmd taka (nl. at krones) -,vígsla þessi var ætluð á ólafsvökudag(nl. hinn fyrra) Flat. III, 16818. 30 jvf16910 (Kgs. 4042. 15. 32).
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, ólafsvökudagr may be more accurately written as ólafsvǫkudagr.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᛚᛆᚠᛋᚠᚯᚴᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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.
- nl.
- nemlig.
- s.
- substantiv.