Vatnföstunótt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vatnföstunótt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vatnföstunótt" (or vatnfǫstunótt) in Norwegian.

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

vatnföstunótt (vatnfǫstunótt)
vatnföstunótt, f. Nat i hvilken man skalvatnfasta. AKr. 7823.

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, vatnföstunótt may be more accurately written as vatnfǫstunótt.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛏᚿᚠᚯᛋᛏᚢᚿᚮᛏᛏ
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:

a.
accusativ.
f.
Feminin.

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