Öxatré

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öxatré

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öxatré" (or ǫxatré) in Norwegian.

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

öxatré (ǫxatré)
öxatré, n. Træ som er anbragt paa Hus- væggen til derpaa at ophænge Øxe; öxartvær þutu hátt á öxatré Sturl. I, 15133.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, öxatré may be more accurately written as ǫxatré.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᛆᛏᚱᚽ
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:

n.
Neutrum.

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