Merking

Old Norwegian Dictionary - merking

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "merking" in Norwegian.

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

merking: merking, f. 1) Handlingen at mærke ellersætte Mærke paa noget (merkja 1). Grág.404. 2) Betegnelse, hvad der tjener tilat betegne noget (e-s); merking eðr nótiáblásningar dvs. Aspirationstegn, SE. II,8615; rödd, er til engrar merkingar erhöfð SE. II, 669. 3) Betydning. Stj.2924; især om en sekundær, typisk eller allegorisk Betydning: Stj. 138. 4911; hinn,er tréin dró ok jók ofan á byrðina,hefir merking þess manns (dvs. merkirþann mann), er hleðr margs konar mis-gerningum ok leggr þó jafnan aðrarsyndir á ofan á framdar afgerðir Hei- lag. II, 5497 jvf 12; bera merking e-s dvs.være et Forbillede paa noget, Fm. VII,3715.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᚱᚴᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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