Völundarhús

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völundarhús

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völundarhús" (or vǫlundarhús) in Norwegian.

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

völundarhús (vǫlundarhús): völundarhús, n. Labyrint; labyrinthus,hvert er sumir kalla völundarhús Stj.8510 jvf Frump. CVI.

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, völundarhús may be more accurately written as vǫlundarhús.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚢᚿᚦᛆᚱᚼᚢᛋ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.