Vistatökumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vistatökumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vistatökumaðr" (or vistatǫkumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

vistatökumaðr (vistatǫkumaðr): vistatökumaðr, m. Person der har Hyslyog Underholdning hos en, paa et Sted;allir starfsmenn ok vistatökumenn þeirer konungsgarði heyra til DN. VII, 8935.

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, vistatökumaðr may be more accurately written as vistatǫkumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛆᛏᚯᚴᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.