Paktaöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - paktaöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "paktaöld" (or paktaǫld) in Norwegian.

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

paktaöld (paktaǫld)
paktaöld, f. Epaktcyclus (jvf Ideler Handb.der Chronologie II, 3061 fgg); í paktaöldero ór nitján Rimb. 51a31 (826); paktaöldero nitján ór Rimb. 50a5 (529); í pakta-öld, er vér köllom tunglöld (mondcirkelIdeler l. c. II, 192 fg jvf I, 47 fg. 7221),eru nitján ár Flat. III, 47715; Septemberheitir enn fyrsti mánoðr í paktaöldRimb. 51b10 (93); Beda sagði svá, atAdam væri skapþr föstudag, sem væri2 nóttom fyrir maríomesso of fösto,ok bæri svá aldatal, sem þá væri etsjáutjánda ár sólaraldar en enn 13paktaaldar, ok væri tungl sem 13 náttaat tali Rimb. 49a5 fgg (48).

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, paktaöld may be more accurately written as paktaǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᛆᚴᛏᛆᚯᛚᚦ
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:

c.
Capitel.
f.
Feminin.
fg.
følgende.
lat.
latinsk.

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