Smjörtunna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - smjörtunna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "smjörtunna" (or smjǫrtunna) in Norwegian.

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

smjörtunna (smjǫrtunna)
smjörtunna, f. Smørtønde, Tønde Smør, = tunna smjörs; þá fær hann hennismjörtunnurnar; þá mælti hón: þettaeru góðar gersemar Flat. I, 58030.

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, smjörtunna may be more accurately written as smjǫrtunna.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛘᛁᚯᚱᛏᚢᚿᚿᛆ
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.

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