Döggvardrep

Old Norwegian Dictionary - döggvardrep

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "döggvardrep" (or dǫggvardrep) in Norwegian.

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

döggvardrep (dǫggvardrep)
döggvardrep, n. Mærke i Duggen efter etMenneskes Gang og lignende (jvf drepakyrtlarnir er þau fara henover denduggede Mark GísL. 15427); aldri sáþeir ok döggardrep (döggvardrep Fm.II, 2782) á grasi, þó at loðit væri þar erhann hafði áðr nýgengit (þó at döggværi mikil og hann væri síðklæddrL. 11 fg) Flat. I, 46613.

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, döggvardrep may be more accurately written as dǫggvardrep.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚯᚵᚵᚠᛆᚱᚦᚱᚽᛕ
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:

L.
Linje.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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