Dökkleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dökkleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dökkleikr" (or dǫkkleikr) in Norwegian.

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

dökkleikr (dǫkkleikr)
dökkleikr, m. Mørkladenhed, Dunkelhed,mods. bjartleikr. Mar. 11483.

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, dökkleikr may be more accurately written as dǫkkleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚯᚴᚴᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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