Kögurbarn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kögurbarn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kögurbarn" (or kǫgurbarn) in Norwegian.

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

kögurbarn (kǫgurbarn): kögurbarn, n. lidet Barn (Svøbbarn som endnu er saa lidet, at det ikke er iførtalmindelige Klæder?) Folkespr. kogge-barn. Ordet forekommer ligesom kög-ursveinn brugt af jötnar som et ringe-agtende Udtryk om Mennesker o. desl.,der i Sammenligning med dem selv vare som Smaabørn at agte. Fld. II, 2329;Mar. 105619. Paa samme Maade erFolkespr. koggebarn brugt i Hemings-visen trykt i Norsk Folkekalender for 1850 S. 84 (jvf Landstads norskeFolkeviser S. 24; Arwidsons svenskafornsånger S. 125), men uden at man har bevaret nogen Indsigt i OrdetsBetydning.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᚵᚢᚱᛒᛆᚱᚿ
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:

desl.: deslige.

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.

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