Páskaöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - páskaöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "páskaöld" (or páskaǫld) in Norwegian.

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

páskaöld (páskaǫld): páskaöld, f. Paaskecyclus hvorefter man beregner og udfinder den rette Paasketid; páskaöld ero 532 ár (nl. efter den vic- torianske Periode, se Ideler Handbuch der Chronologie II, 275-285) Rímb. 50a12(63); öld sú en þriðja, er heitir páskaöld,í þeirri öld ero vetr tveir ens fjórðategar ens setta hundraðs tírœðs o. s. v.Rímb. 6113 fgg (261 fgg); maa være =mikla öld efter Flat. III, 47717, hvor det heder: enn í miklu öld átta tungl-aldir ok 20, sólaraldir 19, verðr þatfim hundrað 30 ok 2 ár.

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, páskaöld may be more accurately written as páskaǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛕᛆᛋᚴᛆᚯᛚᚦ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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