Völdugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völdugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völdugr" (or vǫldugr) in Norwegian.

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

völdugr (vǫldugr): völdugr, adj. mægtig, formaaende, anselig.Stj. 29821; fyrir þessum sveini birtuststórir draumar, sem jafnan kann verðafyrir þeim sem síðan verða mjök völd-ugir ok mikils ráðandi Fm. VIII, 7 &vl13; at eigi muni hann vera svá völdugr,at ek mætta taka firir þat af honumvísendi Flat. II, 42524; Barl. 3735; Hei-lag. II, 8521.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚦᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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