Raunarvöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - raunarvöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "raunarvöllr" (or raunarvǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

raunarvöllr (raunarvǫllr): raunarvöllr, m. Vold, Sted, Plads, hvor en Prøve skal staa, gjøres; hinn þriðiflóttinn (se Post. 2426 fgg) er flestumkunnigr, er þeir koma á raunarvöllinn,hvat hræzlan vinnr at Post. 24224.

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, raunarvöllr may be more accurately written as raunarvǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᛆᚢᚿᛆᚱᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.