Böngull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - böngull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "böngull" (or bǫngull) in Norwegian.

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

böngull (bǫngull)
böngull, m. Stok til at slaa med, (afbang, banga v.) dernæst om Person:Bængel, Lømmel (mht. & nt. bengelMhd. Wb. I, 35 a1; Berghaus 122 a32)?Som Øgenavn: Eindriði b. Flat. III, 5388 (jvf böggull 54029); Bolt. 1508.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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