Dökkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dökkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dökkr" (or dǫkkr) in Norwegian.

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

dökkr (dǫkkr): dökkr, adj. (A. Sing. m. dökkvan) mørk,dunkel, mods. bjartr. Hund. 1, 46; Sig.2, 20; Kgs. 473; SE. I, 5417; dökkr áhár Fm. VII, 17514; hans hár er dökktDidr. 1788.

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, dökkr may be more accurately written as dǫkkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚯᚴᚴᚱ
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.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

Sing.: Singularis.

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