Vöktun

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vöktun

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vöktun" (or vǫktun) in Norwegian.

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

vöktun (vǫktun)
vöktun, f. = vaktan, varðhald; höfðuþeir mikla vöktun á sér sakir heið-ingja Bev. 234 &vl

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᛏᚢᚿ
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:

f.
Feminin.
v.
Verbum.

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