Hörkn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörkn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörkn" (or hǫrkn) in Norwegian.

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

hörkn (hǫrkn)
hörkn, n. ujevn Grund? = hölkn? klungrok hörnkn Bp. I, 452 &vl 4, hvorTexten har hraun ok klungr.

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, hörkn may be more accurately written as hǫrkn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᚴᚿ
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:

gr.
græft.
n.
Neutrum.
p.
Pagina, side.

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