Vaztjörn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vaztjörn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vaztjörn" (or vaztjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

vaztjörn (vaztjǫrn): vaztjörn, f. Vandpyt, Vanddam; lét síðanhengja þá upp við vaztjörn eina í staðþeim er Ebron heitir Kgs. 14920.

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, vaztjörn may be more accurately written as vaztjǫrn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛋᛏᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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.

s.: substantiv.