Vatnföstudagr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vatnföstudagr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vatnföstudagr" (or vatnfǫstudagr) in Norwegian.

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

vatnföstudagr (vatnfǫstudagr)
vatnföstudagr, m. Dag paa hvilken man skal vatnfasta, enten efter paalagt skript:DN. IV, 89, eller efter almindelig gjæl-dende Bestemmelser: DN. II, 115. IV, 167,hvor disse Dage opregnes, jvf NBKr. 9.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛏᚿᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᚦᛆᚵᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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