Önn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - önn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "önn" (or ǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

önn (ǫnn): önn, f. (G. annar, N. Pl. annir) 1) Iver, Anstrengelse, Arbeide eller Virksomhedsom udkræver Anstrengelse, udføres medIver; hann var nú í viðrbúningi ok ímikilli önn uppi við merkrnar ok hafðiþar mannsamnað mikinn Fm. IV, 11923;fá e-m önn dvs. skaffe en noget at gjøre,Hým. 3; fara skaltu í sumar út til Ís-lands -, en enga önn né starf skaltuhafa fyrir umbúnað þínn, skal ek þatannast Laxd. 22 (5525); Gísl. 1714; skul-um vér nú önn hafa, at langvistir órarskildi aldrigi Homil. 209; henni varmikil önn á um ferðir Arons Bp. I,53928; um haustit snýr biskup heim íSkálaholt, tók hann þá einkanliga atbera alla önn firir staðinn ok hanseign Bp. I, 6865. 2) Plur. annir dvs.Arbejdstid, den Tid af Aaret da man har mest at gjøre; of, um annir Bp. I,33932; GrG. I, 1328. 1334; anna í millumLandsl. 7, 44; á meðal anna GráG. 450.

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, önn may be more accurately written as ǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚿ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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