Djöflakyn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - djöflakyn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "djöflakyn" (or djǫflakyn) in Norwegian.

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

djöflakyn (djǫflakyn)
djöflakyn, n. Slags Djævle. Hom. 10720.

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, djöflakyn may be more accurately written as djǫflakyn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᛁᚯᚠᛚᛆᚴᛦᚿ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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