Vestrlönd

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vestrlönd

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vestrlönd" (or vestrlǫnd) in Norwegian.

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

vestrlönd (vestrlǫnd): vestrlönd, n. pl. 1) Landene vestenfor Nord-søen. Flat. I, 43217; Flóam. 15 (13334);á vestrlöndum fyrir norðan VallandGrág. 38812. 2) Occidenten; fór hann(nl. Petrus) þá til predikanar á vestr-lönd í orlofi, þvíat Nero var þá eigifullkominn í sínni íllzku Post. 8528.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛋᛏᚱᛚᚯᚿᚦ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

pl.: Pluralis.

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