Öskudagr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öskudagr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öskudagr" (or ǫskudagr) in Norwegian.

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

öskudagr (ǫskudagr)
öskudagr, m. Askeonsdag, = öskuóðins-dagr. Fm. VIII, 27 &vl X, 71; Mar.11609.

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, öskudagr may be more accurately written as ǫskudagr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᚴᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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:

gr.
græft.
m.
Masculin.

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