Eldslökking

Old Norwegian Dictionary - eldslökking

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "eldslökking" (or eldslǫkking) in Norwegian.

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

eldslökking (eldslǫkking)
eldslökking, f. Ilds Udslukning; hringjaeldslökking dvs. ved Ringning tilkjende- give, at nu skal Ilden slukkes, Byl. 6,3. 10; jvf fr. sonner le couvre-feuLittré I, 876 b; V. Hugo Notre dame de Paris 7me ed. I, 1555; ital. copri-fuoco I. Undset i Aftenposten 1882Nr. 297 A col. 2.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᛚᚦᛋᛚᚯᚴᚴᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.
fr.
fransk.
ital.
italiensk.
Nr.
Nummer.
s.
substantiv.

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