Veðrviti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - veðrviti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "veðrviti" in Norwegian.

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

veðrviti
veðrviti, m. Fløi som dreier sig efter Vin-den og viser hvorfra den blæser; lét hannlægja seglit ok svá taka ofan veðrvitaFlat. II, 28614; sá Ribbungar, at veðr-vitar glituðu við á stórskipunum, ersólin skein á Fm. IX, 30118; þeir -sigldu á skip erkibiskups ok af stafn-inn í kinnungum, en veðrvitana festi íseglinu Fm. X, 7813.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᚦᚱᚠᛁᛏᛁ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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