Öskranligr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öskranligr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öskranligr" (or ǫskranligr) in Norwegian.

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

öskranligr (ǫskranligr): öskranligr, adj. frygtelig, rædsom; öskr-anlig sýn Bp. I, 25633; heyra þeir ópeitt svá mikit ok öskranligt, sem líkaravar óvinarins rödd en nökkurs mannsMar. 105432.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᚴᚱᛆᚿᛚᛁᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

p.: Pagina, side.

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