Öngvit

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öngvit

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öngvit" (or ǫngvit) in Norwegian.

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

öngvit (ǫngvit): öngvit, n. bevidstløs Tilstand, = úvit. Hitd.68; þat fékk sveininum svá mikils, athann féll í öngvit Fm. VI, 2308; eigiveit ek þat gjörla, hvárt þat var öng-vit, ómegn eðr svefn Bp. II, 23018.

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, öngvit may be more accurately written as ǫngvit.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚵᚠᛁᛏ
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:

it.: italiensk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

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