Spönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spönn" (or spǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

spönn (spǫnn): I. spönn, f. (G. spannar) = spann; íhauginum á bleidin 3 spannar bólKalfsk. 80a14; bakstrkona (skal taka)ertug undir spönn mjöls Rb. 2, 10.

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, spönn may be more accurately written as spǫnn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚯᚿᚿ
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.

G.: Genitiv.