Völskumál

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völskumál

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völskumál" (or vǫlskumál) in Norwegian.

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

völskumál (vǫlskumál): völskumál, n. fransk Sprog, = valska;þér skylduð fá mér ór Frannz einnhertekinn fátœkan mann, at kenna mérvölskumál (= Frankismál L. 36) EL. 599.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᛋᚴᚢᛘᛆᛚ
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:

L.: Linje.

n.: Neutrum.