Vökunótt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökunótt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökunótt" (or vǫkunótt) in Norwegian.

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

vökunótt (vǫkunótt): vökunótt, f. Nat i hvilken der vaages; fyrirokkarn elskuga hefek fellt margt tárok haft marga vökunótt (dvs. Nat hvorijeg ikke har faaet sovet) Bev. 21944; þávar sumartíð ok hátíð mikil, Jónsvöku-nótt - - þar töpuðu allir sínni vöku-nótt ok gáðu enkiss, nema sjá á fegrðok fríðleika Bærings Bær. 11536. 46.

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, vökunótt may be more accurately written as vǫkunótt.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚢᚿᚮᛏᛏ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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