Vögnuhvalr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vögnuhvalr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vögnuhvalr" (or vǫgnuhvalr) in Norwegian.

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

vögnuhvalr (vǫgnuhvalr)
vögnhvalr eller vögnuhvalr, m. d. s. Kgs.2913.

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, vögnuhvalr may be more accurately written as vǫgnuhvalr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚵᚿᚢᚼᚠᛆᛚᚱ
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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