Hökuskegg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hökuskegg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hökuskegg" (or hǫkuskegg) in Norwegian.

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

hökuskegg (hǫkuskegg): hökuskegg, n. Hageskjæg, Skjæg paa Hagen (haka); ætla ek nú, at hann beri heldrlágt hökuskeggit OHm. 3710 (OH. 1099;Flat. II, 19112).

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚴᚢᛋᚴᚽᚵᚵ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

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