Gnöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gnöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gnöll" (or gnǫll) in Norwegian.

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

gnöll (gnǫll): gnöll, f. Gjøen, Bjæffen (jvf gnella,gnöllra); i hundagnöll.

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, gnöll may be more accurately written as gnǫll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚿᚯᛚᛚ
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.