Nauðgöngull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nauðgöngull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nauðgöngull" (or nauðgǫngull) in Norwegian.

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

nauðgöngull (nauðgǫngull): nauðgöngull, adj. hjælpsom i Nød ellerTrængsel; hverjar ero þær nornir, ernauðgönglar ero ok kjósa mœðr frámögum Fafn. 12.

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, nauðgöngull may be more accurately written as nauðgǫngull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛆᚢᚦᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

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