Örvaflaug

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvaflaug

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvaflaug" (or ǫrvaflaug) in Norwegian.

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

örvaflaug (ǫrvaflaug)
örvaflaug, f. d. s.; Frankismenn hafa sváöruggar hlífar, at engi hlutr gengr áþá hvarki spjótlög né þykk örvaflaugKlm. 16024.

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, örvaflaug may be more accurately written as ǫrvaflaug.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᚠᛚᛆᚢᚵ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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