Glömmungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - glömmungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "glömmungr" (or glǫmmungr) in Norwegian.

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

glömmungr (glǫmmungr)
glömmungr, m. et Slags Fisk, sandsyn- ligvis den som i Folkespr. kaldes "Knurr","Auskarrjot" fordi den, naar den kommeri Fiskerens Baad, lader høre en knur-rende Lyd, som bliver stærkere, naarman, hvad oftere sker, i dette Øiemed hvælver et Øskar over den (se P. Claussön10627 fgg; Strøm Beskrivelse over Sønd- mør I, 3021 fgg). SE. I, 5794. II, 48022. 62320.

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, glömmungr may be more accurately written as glǫmmungr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛚᚯᛘᛘᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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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