Vökufugl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökufugl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökufugl" (or vǫkufugl) in Norwegian.

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

vökufugl (vǫkufugl): vökufugl, m. Vagtfugl; þann tíma semsofa skal, er skift til vökufugli at haldavörð Æf. 8938.

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, vökufugl may be more accurately written as vǫkufugl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚢᚠᚢᚵᛚ
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.

m.: Masculin.