Rögg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - rögg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "rögg" (or rǫgg) in Norwegian.

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

rögg (rǫgg): rögg, f. eller röggr, m. (G. röggvar, N. Pl.röggvar) lange Haar, lang Uld (Folkespr. og sv. ragg Aasen 57738; Rietz 520b58 fg),= lagðr; skikkjur ero þær á Íslandi,er feldir heita, er þat ýmist kallat áfeldinum röggr eða lagðr Krók. 3616;vararfeldr fyrir 2 aura sá, er fjögurraþumalalna er langr en 2 breiðr, 13röggvar um þveran fell (dvs. feld) GrG.II, 19217; þessi hekla var svá um búk-inn allt niðr í fald, at hón var gjörá mynd sem olpa eðr loðkápa, þá erönnur rögg féll ofan fyrir aðra, enþessar röggvar vóru af skeljum o. s. v.MaG.* 638. Jvf. feldarröggvar, röggvar-feldr.

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, rögg may be more accurately written as rǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᚵᚵ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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