Tölvísi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tölvísi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tölvísi" (or tǫlvísi) in Norwegian.

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

tölvísi (tǫlvísi)
tölvísi, f. Dygtighed i Regnekunst; SE. I,544; enn fimta dag var könnot arith-metica, es tölvísi alla greiðir Post.13712 (581).

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, tölvísi may be more accurately written as tǫlvísi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᛚᚠᛁᛋᛁ
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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