Jöklagangr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jöklagangr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jöklagangr" (or jǫklagangr) in Norwegian.

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

jöklagangr (jǫklagangr)
jöklagangr, m. Isgang som finder Sted iAa eller Elv, naar Flom efter Tøveirfører med sig den Is, hvormed Aaen iden kolde Tid har været belagt, = jaka-för; þeir fœrðu stéttir þær í ána, eraldri síðan hafa or rekit, hvárki meðvatnavöxtum, né íslögum eða jökla-gangi Grett. 13230.

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, jöklagangr may be more accurately written as jǫklagangr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚯᚴᛚᛆᚵᛆᚿᚵᚱ
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.

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