Öskran

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öskran

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öskran" (or ǫskran) in Norwegian.

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

öskran (ǫskran)
öskran, f. Skrig; heyrast þaðan um langanveg ramar raddir ok djöfulig öskranHeilag. II, 1153.

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, öskran may be more accurately written as ǫskran.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᚴᚱᛆᚿ
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.

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