Snjóföl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snjóföl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snjóföl" (or snjófǫl) in Norwegian.

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

snjóföl (snjófǫl): snjóföl, n. = föl, snæfölva; hann sá, attveir menn höfðu vaðit yfir ána, en þvísá hann þat glöggt, at snjóföl var fallit-, ok kendi þau sporin Svarfd. 249;veðr tók at þykkna ok hlána ok tók afþat snjóföl, er komit hafði Fbr. 3111.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᛁᚮᚠᚯᛚ
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:

fd.: finlandisk.

n.: Neutrum.

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