Hnöggr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hnöggr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hnöggr" (or hnǫggr) in Norwegian.

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

hnöggr (hnǫggr)
hnöggr, adj. sparsom, knap, karrig (gd. nög).Flat. II, 31634; hnöggr fjár OH. 19024.

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, hnöggr may be more accurately written as hnǫggr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚿᚯᚵᚵᚱ
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.
gd.
gammeldansk.
lat.
latinsk.

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