Höggstokkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höggstokkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höggstokkr" (or hǫggstokkr) in Norwegian.

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

höggstokkr (hǫggstokkr)
höggstokkr, m. Huggeblok. OH. 1178(Flat. II, 23111).

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, höggstokkr may be more accurately written as hǫggstokkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚵᚵᛋᛏᚮᚴᚴᚱ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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