Hnöggving

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hnöggving

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hnöggving" (or hnǫggving) in Norwegian.

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

hnöggving (hnǫggving): hnöggving, f. Anstød, Anstødssten; í gögnsyni móþor þínnar lagþer þú hnög-ving (Vulg. scandalum) Homil. 21421(Ps. 50, 18).

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, hnöggving may be more accurately written as hnǫggving.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚿᚯᚵᚵᚠᛁᚿᚵ
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.