Viðarvöxtr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - viðarvöxtr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "viðarvöxtr" (or viðarvǫxtr) in Norwegian.

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

viðarvöxtr (viðarvǫxtr)
viðarvöxtr, m. nys opvoxne Træer, Ung-skov, mods. forn viðr; hverr maðr áviðarvöxt í skógarmarki síno, meðanhann á fornan við þar nekkvern Grág.4772.

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, viðarvöxtr may be more accurately written as viðarvǫxtr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚦᛆᚱᚠᚯᛋᛏᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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