Ormstönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ormstönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ormstönn" (or ormstǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

ormstönn (ormstǫnn)
ormstönn, f. Ormetand, Slangetand; hvárkivar hann (nl. hjalmrinn) af járni gerrné stáli, af gulli né silfri, heldr varhann gerr af hörðum ormstönnum Klm.46115.

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, ormstönn may be more accurately written as ormstǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚱᛘᛋᛏᚯᚿᚿ
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.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.

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