Töfrar

Old Norwegian Dictionary - töfrar

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "töfrar" (or tǫfrar) in Norwegian.

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

töfrar (tǫfrar): töfr, töframaðr, töfrar, se taufr, taufra-maðr, taufrar.

Part of speech: uten ordklasse

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᚠᚱᛆᚱ
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.