Dökkna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dökkna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dökkna" (or dǫkkna) in Norwegian.

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

dökkna (dǫkkna): dökkna, v. (að) antage en mørkere, dunklereFarve; eigi brann þat silkitjald - okeigi dökknaði sjalft af reyk eðr hitaMar. 11915; sá hón í einum stað dökk-naðan hringinn Fm. X, 23733; himin-tunglin dökkna Mar. 89226; hennisýndist sem allt loptit dökknaði af(Røg) ok eigi mátti sjá birti sólarinnarMar. 90530.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚯᚴᚴᚿᛆ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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