Svanfjöðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svanfjöðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svanfjöðr" (or svanfjǫðr) in Norwegian.

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

svanfjöðr (svanfjǫðr)
svanfjöðr, f. Svanefjæder; önnur var Svan-hvít, svanfjaðrar dró Völ. 2.

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, svanfjöðr may be more accurately written as svanfjǫðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛆᚿᚠᛁᚯᚦᚱ
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.

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