Skammnöktr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skammnöktr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skammnöktr" (or skammnǫktr) in Norwegian.

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

skammnöktr (skammnǫktr)
skammnöktr, adj. saaledes nøgen, at man maa skamme sig derved; hylr öll kyk-vendi hár eða hali, en fugla hyljafjaðrar, en tré hylja kvistir ok lauf,en vit tvau ein stöndum með skamm-nöktum limum Kgs. 10733.

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, skammnöktr may be more accurately written as skammnǫktr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᛆᛘᛘᚿᚯᚴᛏᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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