Jökulbarinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jökulbarinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jökulbarinn" (or jǫkulbarinn) in Norwegian.

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

jökulbarinn (jǫkulbarinn): jökulbarinn, adj. ilde medtagen, tilredt afIsslag (Folkespr. joklefall), eller Ispar- tikler, frosset Regn som under stærk Blæst falder ned af Luften. Ljósv. 24149.

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, jökulbarinn may be more accurately written as jǫkulbarinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚯᚴᚢᛚᛒᛆᚱᛁᚿᚿ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

v.: Verbum.

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