Mjörkvi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjörkvi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjörkvi" (or mjǫrkvi) in Norwegian.

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

mjörkvi (mjǫrkvi): mjörkvi, m. tæt Taage, = myrkvi; gefrhvárttveggja - ropa af undirdjúpumsínum, ok kann vera, at þat dupt samn-isk saman ok sýnist þat líkt reyki eðamjörkva Kgs. 4831 jvf 33; um morguninneptir var svá mikill sjálægr mjörkvi,at ekki mátti sjá meirr en stafna ámilli á skipunum Fm. VIII, 17814; reisupp mjörkvi (&vl myrkvi) svá mikill,at þeir máttu engan veg skilja, ok fóroþeir þá vilt El. 682; nú leggr á svámikinn mjörkva, at varla mátti sjáfram af tám sér Alex. 13930.

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, mjörkvi may be more accurately written as mjǫrkvi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᚱᚴᚠᛁ
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.

s.: substantiv.

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