Reikan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - reikan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "reikan" in Norwegian.

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

reikan: reikan, f. 1) Faren omkring uden noget be- stemt Maal; sumir fóro ór húsinu íborgina til hvíldar en sumir ýr borg-inni út til reikonar Homil. 4817; reikonhugrenningar = lat. cogitationis lapsus,reikan hugar = lat. vagatio mentis(Gregorii m. Dialog. lib. 2 § 3) Heilag.I, 20418. 20 (Leif. 11012. 14); óunaðsömreikon mælir: ef þú trúir guð verahvarvetna, fyr hví varðveitir þú einnstað svá rœkiliga þann, er þó er þérmart íllt gört Frump. LXXXIII19.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚽᛁᚴᛆᚿ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

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