Ígulköttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ígulköttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ígulköttr" (or ígulkǫttr) in Norwegian.

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

ígulköttr (ígulkǫttr)
ígulköttr, m. 1) Pindsvin, lat. erinaceus,= burstígull (sv. igelkott). Ridd. 12828. 2) et Slags Krigsmaskine. Kgs. 8921;jvf Höf. Leb. I, 353 fg. 35513 medAnm. 5.

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, ígulköttr may be more accurately written as ígulkǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚵᚢᛚᚴᚯᛏᛏᚱ
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.
fg.
følgende.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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