Sjófarsvöppr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sjófarsvöppr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sjófarsvöppr" (or sjófarsvǫppr) in Norwegian.

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

sjófarsvöppr (sjófarsvǫppr): sjófarsvöppr, m. Søsvamp; þeir hinir vís-astu meistarar philosophi, sem uppþagat (dvs. paa Fjeldet Olympus) kómu-, máttu þar viðr haldast eigi nökk-ura stund, útan þeir hefði haft meðrsér sjófarsvöppu fulla meðr vatn Stj.5838.

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, sjófarsvöppr may be more accurately written as sjófarsvǫppr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᚮᚠᛆᚱᛋᚠᚯᛕᛕᚱ
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.

s.: substantiv.