Ökla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ökla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ökla" (or ǫkla) in Norwegian.

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

ökla (ǫkla)
ökla, n. Ankel; hertuginn fékk ok brodd-högg í gögnum fótlegginn við öklat(&vl. öklann) Fm. IX, 5284; Dn. IV, 90(8813); Post. 2410; om Fodstykket paa en Søjle: undir þessum háva steini erPiramis heitir á latíno, stóðu 4 stolpar,þeir er svá vóro görvir, at öklun áþeim vóro af eiri, leggirnir af silfri -Alex. 116; öklu ok iljar El. 591.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚴᛚᛆ
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:

m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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