Skemmr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skemmr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skemmr" in Norwegian.

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

skemmr
skemmr, adv. comp., skemmst superl. kor- tere, kortest (jvf skammt) om Afstand iTid: mik varir, at vera myni, at mikilfrægð lifi skemmr eptir mik, en ekvilda Alex. 155; var hann ellztr oklifði skemst þeirra brœðra OH. 9211;hón er vön til þess, at lengr en skemmrfrestaðist þat níðingsverk Alex. 1055;Þorsteinn tók við Kjartani með allriblíðu; kvaðst þökk kunna, at hannværi þar lengr en skemmr Laxd. 40(1079); hvárt er þeir töluðu um þettalengr eða skemmr (hér til fleira eðafærra Flat. I, 8016), þá keypti SigurðrÞorgils fyrir mörk gulls Fm. I, 808;hvárt sem ek em lengr eða skemmrá Íslandi Finb. 37 (7320); hirði ek aldri,hvárt þú verr þik lengr eða skemmrNj. 78 (1168); Sörli lifði þeirra skemmrFlat. I, 2785.

Part of speech: adv comp

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚽᛘᛘᚱ
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:

adv.
Adverbium.
comp.
Comparativ.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
p.
Pagina, side.
superl.
Superlativ.
v.
Verbum.

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