Hörkull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hörkull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hörkull" (or hǫrkull) in Norwegian.

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

hörkull (hǫrkull): hörkull, m. Larm som foraarsages ved voldsomt Sammenstød, haard Berøring; heyrist í steinþró hans hörkull okskark sundrlausra beina Æf. 4961;hófst þá bardaginn með miklum hörkulKlm. 28914; mátti þá (nl. er bardag-inn var) heyra mikinn gný ok ógurliganhörkul Klm. 30715; þeir heyrðu hörkulok stór högg Frankismanna Klm. 35435;jvf 35414; El. 11214; skal ek þá geraþeim mikinn hörkul (&vl hneisu) El. 289.

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, hörkull may be more accurately written as hǫrkull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚱᚴᚢᛚᛚ
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.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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