Klökkna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - klökkna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "klökkna" (or klǫkkna) in Norwegian.

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

klökkna (klǫkkna)
klökkna, v. (að) blødgjøres, paavirkes;kemr dögg af himni niðr yfir þyrni-tréit, svá at þat vöknar ok klökknartil nývorðins ávaxtar Klm. 54537 (jvf klökkr Æf. 2812; klökkva Mar. 41126);þá klökknaði hans hjarta til sljóligs(for saurligs) sambands með henni athafa Post. 40138.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, klökkna may be more accurately written as klǫkkna.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛚᚯᚴᚴᚿᛆ
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.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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