Hökulbrœkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hökulbrœkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hökulbrœkr" (or hǫkulbrœkr) in Norwegian.

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

hökulbrœkr (hǫkulbrœkr)
hökulbrœkr, f. pl. enten saadanne brœkr,som oventil vare forbundne med et Klæd-ningsstykke, der hængende paa Axlernefaldt ned over Bryst og Ryg (hökull),eller saadanne, som naaede ned til Ank-lerne, og da for ökulbrœkr (Mork. 385;Fld. III, 412). Kjaln. 7 (41714) jvf &vl

Part of speech: f pl

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hökulbrœkr may be more accurately written as hǫkulbrœkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚴᚢᛚᛒᚱᚯᚴᚱ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.

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