Vísindasvör

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vísindasvör

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vísindasvör" (or vísindasvǫr) in Norwegian.

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

vísindasvör (vísindasvǫr)
vísindasvör, n. pl. Svar som giver Oplys- ning om noget; þegar er hann fékk vís-indasvör af Evu -, ok hann heyrði atþeim var dauða heitit - Kgs. 11320.

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, vísindasvör may be more accurately written as vísindasvǫr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛋᛁᚿᚦᛆᛋᚠᚯᚱ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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