Dökkbrúnaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dökkbrúnaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dökkbrúnaðr" (or dǫkkbrúnaðr) in Norwegian.

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

dökkbrúnaðr (dǫkkbrúnaðr): dökkbrúnaðr, adj. mørkbrun; skrifaðr á(skjöldinn) einn dreki, hann var dökk-brúnaðr it efra, en fagrrauðr it neðraVöls. 133 (c. 22).

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚯᚴᚴᛒᚱᚢᚿᛆᚦᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

c.: Capitel.

s.: substantiv.

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