Öskra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öskra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öskra" (or ǫskra) in Norwegian.

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

öskra (ǫskra): öskra, v. (að) 1) udstøde et Skrig; þarvar með uxi ógurliga stórr ok ílliligr- hann öskraði ógurliga ok lét mjökílliliga Flat. I, 26138; hjó Hrolfr þá afRöndolfi aðra höndina -, hann veifaðistúfinum ok öskraði sem griðungr Fld.III, 32430; sem þessi frú hafði heyrtþessi hin kynligo tíðindi, þá öskraðihón ok óttaðisk þenna atburð Str. 3212;þeir œptu jafnan ok ok öskruðu meðþess kyns látum, sem þeir er af þessudauðans drepi pínast eru vanir at hafaMar. 65618. 2) öskrast, v. r. blive bange for; eigi öskrast hann eða óttast fyrrsögð údœmi at fremja ok fullgera Mar.40916.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᚴᚱᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

v.: Verbum.

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