Hölkn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hölkn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hölkn" (or hǫlkn) in Norwegian.

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

hölkn (hǫlkn): hölkn, n. = hælkn. Hák. 909 (= Gul. 738);hreingalkn hlumdu en hölkn þutu, fórhin forna fold öll saman, sökktist síðansá fiskr (nl. miðgarðsormr) í mar Hým.24; þar er svarðlaus mýrr, ok er semriði í efju eina fram, ok tók jafnan íkné eða í miðjan legg, stundum íkvið, þá er undir svá hart sem hölknHrafnk. 2611; hann sezt niðr á hölknitfyrir ofan búðirnar (= hraunit at völl-um S. 19310?) Laxd. 67 (1943); eltaheiðingja víðs vegar um hölkn ok skógaKlm. 24333.

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, hölkn may be more accurately written as hǫlkn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛚᚴᚿ
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:

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

S.: Side.

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