Glöggr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glöggr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glöggr" (or glǫggr) in Norwegian.

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

glöggr (glǫggr): glöggr, adj. (gv) 1) skarpsynt, skarpsindig, begavet med Evnen til vel at mærke,fuldt at fatte og ret at bedømme hvadder forekommer en; minnigr ok glöggrí allri grein til brjósts ok bœkr Thom. 29937; til bœkr ok brjóstvitru var hannglöggrar greinar Bp. II, 1127; á þeimdag verðr glöggr dómr of alla hlutiHomil. 4837; jvf Gyð. 6221; Leif. 4214;hann var hverjum manni vitrari okglöggvari um alla hluti Bp. I, 80812. 2) sparsom, karrig, nøieregnende; sýtiræ gleyggr við gjöfum Hm. 47 (48);gl/av/ggr við gesti Hým. 9; gjöfull afgulli en gleyggr flugar Sig. 1, 7. 3) klar, tydelig; eigi er mér þat glöggtGrett. 691.

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, glöggr may be more accurately written as glǫggr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚯᚵᚵᚱ
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.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

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