Skinnföt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skinnföt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skinnföt" (or skinnfǫt) in Norwegian.

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

skinnföt (skinnfǫt)
skinnföt, n. pl. Skindklæder, = skinnklæði;sá hann of dag svínahirði í skinnfötumok mælti: þvílíkr var Adamr í skinn-fötum braut rekinn ór paradíso Heilag.I, 56814 fg.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛁᚿᚿᚠᚯᛏ
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:

fg.
følgende.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.

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