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)
II. spönn, f. Spand, saa stor Længde som der er mellem de yderste Spidser af denudstrakte Tommelfinger og Langfinger; var hón alheil ok svá mjó, at hónþurfti eigi meira um sik en alin okspönn Bp. II, 16833; spannar breiðrVatsd. 31 (5119); hann (nl. knífrinn) varspannar fram frá hepti Eb. 47 (9021);um síðir varð þat eigi fjarri hinnarminni spannar langt Bp. I, 3873.

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.
nl.
nemlig.
p.
Pagina, side.

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