Köggull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - köggull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "köggull" (or kǫggull) in Norwegian.

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

köggull (kǫggull): köggull, m. Fingerspidse; sjau tigir kon-unga af mér herteknir, at afstýfðumfremstum kauglum (&vl kögglum =Vulg. summitatibus) fóta ok fingra,hafa saman lesit sér til fœðu molaundir mínu borði Stj. 37913 (Domm. 1,7); hraut sverðsoddrinn á hönd Kor-maki, ok skeindist hann á þumalfingri,ok klofnaði köggullinn Korm. 8814(2119); jvf Sturl. I, 2533; Ljósv. 24126;Bp. I, 25310. II, 1013.

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, köggull may be more accurately written as kǫggull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᚵᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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