Glöggþekkinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glöggþekkinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glöggþekkinn" (or glǫggþekkinn) in Norwegian.

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

glöggþekkinn (glǫggþekkinn): glöggþekkinn, adj. skarp, duelig til at tage Rede paa, kjende hvad der forekom- mer en. Flat. II, 28818; Heið. 23(3415); Krók. 322; Þ. var maðr eigiskygn, en þó var hann vitr ok glögg-þekkinn Vápnf. 2426; ertu skýrr maðrok glöggþekkinn Laxd. 63 (1831).

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, glöggþekkinn may be more accurately written as glǫggþekkinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚯᚵᚵᚦᚽᚴᚴᛁᚿᚿ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

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