Völundr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völundr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völundr" (or vǫlundr) in Norwegian.

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

völundr (vǫlundr): völundr, m. nom. propr. (= ags. Wéland).Völ.; som Appellativ betegner det enkunstfærdig Arbeider i Alm.; hann varvölundr bæði at tré ok at járni Bp. I,64030; Fróði konungr átti tvá smiði ervölundar vóru at hagleik Fld. I, 1413;bœkr ofnar völundum Hamd. 7; jvfZeitschrift f. d. Alterthümer IX, 163.

Part of speech: m nom propr

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᚢᚿᚦᚱ
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:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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