Vitavörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vitavörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vitavörðr" (or vitavǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

vitavörðr (vitavǫrðr)
vitavörðr, m. Vagt som holdes ved viti 2.Landsl. 3, 4.

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, vitavörðr may be more accurately written as vitavǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛏᛆᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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.

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