Röndóttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - röndóttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "röndóttr" (or rǫndóttr) in Norwegian.

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

röndóttr (rǫndóttr): röndóttr, adj. stribet, randet (jvf rönd 2,Folkespr. rendutt, randutt Aasen 596a59);vatnormar með ýmisligum litum, sumirrauðir en sumir hvítir, sumir svartireða röndóttir Alex. 16810; skolo prestareinlitt hafa alls kyns, útan eigi gulteða grœnt, rautt eða röndótt Stat.26220.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᚿᚦᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

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