Göngull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - göngull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "göngull" (or gǫngull) in Norwegian.

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

göngull (gǫngull)
göngull, adj. værende i Bevægelse, i Gang. mér er göngult dvs. jeg har travelt,meget at gaa efter, Ljósv. 1217.

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, göngull may be more accurately written as gǫngull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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