Kölsugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kölsugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kölsugr" (or kǫlsugr) in Norwegian.

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

kölsugr (kǫlsugr)
kölsugr, adj. tilbøielig til at spotte andre, yppe Trætte med dem, vælte sig indpaa dem (jvf kalls 2, kallsa 2); kífinnok kölsugr Grett. 8916.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᛚᛋᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.

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