Ögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ögn" (or ǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

ögn (ǫgn)
ögn, f. (G. agnar, N. Pl. agnar & agnir)Avne; þar munu renna akrar, er þúhugðir ána, ok er vér göngum akrinn,nema opt stórar agnir fœtr vára Fld.I, 212; þat kann til bera, at sá bóndi,er vanr er góðu brauði ok hreinnifœzlu, þurfi nökkut sinni at blandaagnar ok sáðir við brauð bæði sjalfssíns eða hjóna sínna Kgs. 7315; útindukorni með sauri ok sáðum ok ögnumPost. 88619.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚵᚿ
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:

f.
Feminin.
G.
Genitiv.
Pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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