Hrökkvíss

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hrökkvíss

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hrökkvíss" (or hrǫkkvíss) in Norwegian.

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

hrökkvíss (hrǫkkvíss): hrökkvíss, adj. kløgtig til at sno sig somen Orm (jvf 1 Mos. 3, 1), = hrekk-víss; svara-du því fyrst, er þú ertspurðr, ok skríð eigi undan sem hrökk-víss höggormr Heilag. II, 26327; ormrhrøkk(v)esk ok es háll, ok aller þeir,es dioffoll sykt (dvs. hefir svikit), hálerí synþom, þat ero gálauser ok hrøk-víser í vélom Elucid. 6510; jvf Heilag.I, 1562.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᚯᚴᚴᚠᛁᛋᛋ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

s.: substantiv.