Konungslykill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - konungslykill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "konungslykill" in Norwegian.

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

konungslykill: konungslykill, m. Kongens Nøgel dvs. det Red-skab, hvormed Kongens Tjener paa hansVegne opbryder, hvad der er lukket, naarman paa given Opfordring ikke vil aabne det; men ogsaa i Alm. om det Red-skab (Øxe), hvormed nogen opbryder hvadhan ikke paa anden Maade kan faaaabnet; bera konungslykil at kistu,húsi, búri Bp. II, 1529; Mork. 266. 14(Fm. VI, 18815. 26); Íllugi spratt þá uppok hafði eina handöxi í hendi, hanngengr at kistunni ok mælti: ek hefiat varðveita konungslykil þann, er atöllum kistum gengr ok lásum, nú munek með þeim upp lúka kistunni, ef þúvill ekki selja mér lykil Fbr. 464.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚮᚿᚢᚿᚵᛋᛚᛦᚴᛁᛚᛚ
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:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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