Nökkvamaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nökkvamaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nökkvamaðr" (or nǫkkvamaðr) in Norwegian.

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

nökkvamaðr (nǫkkvamaðr)
nökkvamaðr, m. Mand, Person som er i en Baad (nökkvi). Flat. I, 39616. 23 jvf6.

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, nökkvamaðr may be more accurately written as nǫkkvamaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᚴᚠᛆᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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