Nökkleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nökkleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nökkleikr" (or nǫkkleikr) in Norwegian.

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

nökkleikr (nǫkkleikr): nökkleikr, m. Nøgenhed. Stj. 3420 fg. 3622 fg.34516; Heilag. II, 4574.

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, nökkleikr may be more accurately written as nǫkkleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᚴᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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:

fg.: følgende.

m.: Masculin.