Ættarskömm

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ættarskömm

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ættarskömm" (or ættarskǫmm) in Norwegian.

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

ættarskömm (ættarskǫmm): ættarskömm, f. Person som beskjæmmerhele sin Slægt. DN. II, 226 (19113); ekhefi sýnt þér nú bœkr, ok hefi ek þessarflestar allar numit, ok veit ek, ef þúvilt eigi vera grey eða ættarskömm,þá munt þú nema vilja þvílíka atgjörfisem hefir einn kvennmaðr Ridd. 14133;með því at þú vill halda á þessi villulengr, þá send þú heim ættarskömmþá, er ílla er at manni orðin þar hjáþér Ridd. 14928. Jvf. frændaskömm.

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, ættarskömm may be more accurately written as ættarskǫmm.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛅᛏᛏᛆᚱᛋᚴᚯᛘᛘ
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.

m.: Masculin.

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