Röksamr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - röksamr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "röksamr" (or rǫksamr) in Norwegian.

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

röksamr (rǫksamr)
röksamr, adj. = röksamligr. Mar. 3018(se under röksamligr); þar sem mennveittu veizlur várum herra J. Kr., varMartha kölluð til þjónustu af allrahendi, því at hón ætlaði svá kost semhin vísasta húsfrú ok hin röksamastaráðskona ok hin mildasta móðir Heilag.I, 51418.

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, röksamr may be more accurately written as rǫksamr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᚴᛋᛆᛘᚱ
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.
gr.
græft.

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