Glöggþekni

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glöggþekni

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glöggþekni" (or glǫggþekni) in Norwegian.

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

glöggþekni (glǫggþekni)
glöggþekni, f. Evne til med Lethed og Nøiagtighed at kjende, tage Rede paa Tingene. Kgs. 11929; Mag. 9925.

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, glöggþekni may be more accurately written as glǫggþekni.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚯᚵᚵᚦᚽᚴᚿᛁ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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