Kögursveinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kögursveinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kögursveinn" (or kǫgursveinn) in Norwegian.

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

kögursveinn (kǫgursveinn): kögursveinn, m. mandligt kögurbarn;skylda ek launa kögursveini þínumkanginyrði (siger Harbarðr til Þórr)Hárb. 13; ekki munu hirðmenn Ut-garðaloka þola slíkum kögursveinum(nl. som Þórr og hans félagar vare)köpuryrði SE. I, 1509; Ýmir segir, atlítil liðsemd væri at kögursveini þeim(nl. Þórr), þar hann væri svá lítill semeitt ungmenni SE. 167 &vl 21; Þórrvill fara með honum, en jötunn (nl. Ýmir) lét ekki gagn mundu at kögur-sveini þeim SE. II, 28630.

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, kögursveinn may be more accurately written as kǫgursveinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᚵᚢᚱᛋᚠᚽᛁᚿᚿ
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.

nl.: nemlig.

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