Nökkva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nökkva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nökkva" (or nǫkkva) in Norwegian.

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

nökkva (nǫkkva): nökkva, v. (kt) gjøre en nøgen, afføre hamhans Klæder; Flovent vildi eigi nökkvadauða menn né sára Flov. 14632; eiginöktir þú mik, heldr klæddir þú mikHeilag. I, 43024.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᚴᚠᛆ
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:

v.: Verbum.