Vökumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökumaðr" (or vǫkumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

vökumaðr (vǫkumaðr): vökumaðr, m. Person som holder Vagt omNatten. Flat. I, 28218; þeir hefði sofnatvökumenninir, en á þeirri stundu hefðilærisveinar Jesus stolit líkam hans ínáttmyrkri Heilag. I, 52922.

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, vökumaðr may be more accurately written as vǫkumaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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