Vögur

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vögur

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vögur" (or vǫgur) in Norwegian.

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

vögur (vǫgur)
vögur, f. pl. Baare (vel i Alm. Hestebaare),= vagar (se under vög 2), vágir; tókuþeir hest ok lögðu vögur á ok ætluðuat aka heim kúnni Bp. I, 33512; Björnvar úti á túnvelli ok smíðaði vögurEb. 47 (9019). Jvf. vagabora.

Part of speech: f pl

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, vögur may be more accurately written as vǫgur.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚵᚢᚱ
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:

a.
accusativ.
Alm.
Almindelighev.
f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
pl.
Pluralis.

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