Járnnökkvi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - járnnökkvi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "járnnökkvi" (or járnnǫkkvi) in Norwegian.

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

járnnökkvi (járnnǫkkvi): járnnökkvi, m. Baad af Jern. Landn. 2, 5. Saadanne Baade omtales i Land-stads norske Folkeviser S. 2624. 19220;Soph. Bugges n. Folkev. S. 48; As-bjørnsen og Moes norske Folkeeventyr2S. 1526; og en steinnökkvi Bárð. 330. 36821;hvormed kan jevnføres: "kom dæ einBergajutul roandis i ein Massingbaat mæJödnaare paa" i Wang Gamla Reglo aaRispo ifraa Valdres S. 3911 jvf 414 fg;"ok han qvad en koppar-skuta, qvaden båt med jernsmidt botten, seglarsedan med sin skuta utaf koppar" iKalevala öfversatt af m. A. Castrén(Helsingfors 1841) II, 2154 fgg (Kale-vala Run. 32 v. 42 i Lönnrots Udgave (Helsingfors 1835) II, 23115 fgg).

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, járnnökkvi may be more accurately written as járnnǫkkvi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᛆᚱᚿᚿᚯᚴᚴᚠᛁ
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:

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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