Hrökkla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hrökkla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hrökkla" (or hrǫkkla) in Norwegian.

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

hrökkla (hrǫkkla)
hrökkla, v. (að) gaa med en langsom ogvaklende Gang, der gjør, at man førstsent og med Møie naar frem til Maalet (Folkespr. rakla Aasen 578 a60 fg); drótt-ning gékk þá til skemmu sínnar, enhann hrökklaði þar eptir Mag.* 1586.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᚯᚴᚴᛚᛆ
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:

v.
Verbum.

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