Öskurligr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öskurligr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öskurligr" (or ǫskurligr) in Norwegian.

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

öskurligr (ǫskurligr)
öskurligr, adj. frygtelig, rædsom, = öskr-anligr; kom til þeirra helvítis höfð-ingi leiðtogi dauðra í líking hræðiligsdreka ok mjök öskurligs Heilag. II, 1828;þessir bölvuðu blótmenn dýrkuðu meðöskurligri aftrú einn djöfuligan kraptHeilag. II, 3944; sagði kvikvendit undar-liga mikit, ok sagði oss eigi bera megahans öskurliga viðrlit Heilag. II, 40716;eptir þat var Skaðivaldr í oxa líki okbeljaði öskurligri röddu Bær. 11928.

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, öskurligr may be more accurately written as ǫskurligr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᚴᚢᚱᛚᛁᚵᚱ
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.

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