Nærgöngull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nærgöngull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nærgöngull" (or nærgǫngull) in Norwegian.

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

nærgöngull (nærgǫngull): nærgöngull, adj. 1) nágöngull Kgs. 64&vl 4; var María Magdalena honumástúðig ok nærgöngul, sem Johannesevangelista segir, at hún stóð hjá krossidróttins Heilag. I, 5279; jvf Kgs. 8121. 2) nærgaaende, paatrængende; máttu afslíkum lutum marka, hversu nærgöng-ull hermaðr kvennaást er með ungummönnum (&vl hversu nágöngul mannier kvennaástin) Barl. 15411 fg.

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, nærgöngull may be more accurately written as nærgǫngull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛅᚱᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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.

fg.: følgende.

s.: substantiv.

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