Vögguhvitill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vögguhvitill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vögguhvitill" (or vǫgguhvitill) in Norwegian.

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

vögguhvitill (vǫgguhvitill): vögguhvitill, m. Sængetæppe (hvitill) hvor-paa man lægger Barn i Vugge. DN.IV, 467.

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, vögguhvitill may be more accurately written as vǫgguhvitill.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚵᚵᚢᚼᚠᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
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.