Jökull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - jökull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "jökull" (or jǫkull) in Norwegian.

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

jökull (jǫkull): jökull, m. (af jaki, jvf ags. gicel) 1) ned-hængende Istap (jvf Landstad norskeFolkeviser s. 3725. 8099 fg; I. AasenPrøver af Landsmaalet i Norge s. 87; P. Claussøn 2044); gékk inn í sal,glumþo jöklar, var karls, er kom,kinnskógr fr/,o/rinn Hým. 10; jvf jökl-aðr. 2) Is; verða at jökli Hom. 10423;settu þeir (skipit) upp með öllum sján-um þeim, er í var, ok jöklunum Grett.11413; tóku þeir jöklana (dvs. den frosneVin) ok bræddu Fm. IX, 3554; þatvil ek, at menn beri svá öxasköpt sín,at eigi leggi jökul á Sturl. I, 6433;til hvers er sólin valið eða sett, nemamýkva þat, er áðr er hart, svá semharðan snjá eða jökul Mar. 601; máskíra í því vatni, sem snjór verðr tileðr jökull Stat. 29717. 3) Isbræ, t. gletscher. Kgs. 48 fg; Flat. I, 43131. 38;Flóam. 22 (1439. 12); Grett. 1413 fg 7 fg 12;Krók. 1320. 141. 261.

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, jökull may be more accurately written as jǫkull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚯᚴᚢᛚᛚ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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