Nökkurninn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nökkurninn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nökkurninn" (or nǫkkurninn) in Norwegian.

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

nökkurninn (nǫkkurninn): nökkurninn, adv. (for nökkurn veginnSturl. I, 7814) = nökkurnig, nakkvarnin.Ísl. s. II, 4412.

Part of speech: adv

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, nökkurninn may be more accurately written as nǫkkurninn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᚴᚢᚱᚿᛁᚿᚿ
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:

adv.: Adverbium.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.