Glöggleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glöggleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glöggleikr" (or glǫggleikr) in Norwegian.

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

glöggleikr (glǫggleikr)
glöggleikr, m. Skarpsynthed, Skarpsindig-hed. Stj. 1228; Heilag. II, 8736.

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, glöggleikr may be more accurately written as glǫggleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚯᚵᚵᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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.

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