Nökkviðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - nökkviðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "nökkviðr" (or nǫkkviðr) in Norwegian.

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

nökkviðr (nǫkkviðr)
nökkviðr, adj. nøgen (lat. nudus), = nöktr(jvf nökkva; got. naqvaþs, ght. nachatGraff II, 1015, ags. naced, nacod);spurði hón hann þegar, hvárt hanngengi klæddr eða nökkviðr; frú! sagðihann, nökkviðr leyp ek Str. 3132 fg; ekvar nökkviðr (= lat. nudus) ok því falek mik Stj. 3621 jvf 24 (1 Mos. 3, 10 fg)jvf Stj. 3735; Kgs. 10812. 16. 18; neiss ernökkviðr halr Hm. 48 (49); om Sværd: Sigurðr - lagði sverð nekkvið, mækimálfán á meðal þeirra Sig. 3, 4 jvf Am.47 under nöktr.

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, nökkviðr may be more accurately written as nǫkkviðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᚴᚠᛁᚦᚱ
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.
got.
gotisk.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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