Öngull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öngull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öngull" (or ǫngull) in Norwegian.

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

öngull (ǫngull): öngull, m. Angel, Fiskekrog; dró mærrHýmir móðugr hvali einn á öngli uppsenn tvá Hým. 21; ef landgangr verðrat fiskum, ok skolo menn taka -, eigiskal net hafa við né öngla Grg. I, 325;því er líkast þessa heims lífi, sem þatsé net fjándans eða öngull, en agnþessa önguls er skemtanar lífi - Barl.12337.

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, öngull may be more accurately written as ǫngull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᛚ
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.

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