Skökull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skökull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skökull" (or skǫkull) in Norwegian.

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

skökull (skǫkull): skökull, m. Skagle; fóruð lengi, áðr liggjanam hafr Hlórriða halfdauðr fyrir, varskírr skökuls, skakkr á banni Hým.37; þá tekr hann upp okit ok vill fráleysa sköklana Alex. 1921 jvf 15; ef maðrspillir - beizl eða tauma eða skökla- Landsl. 7, 178.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, skökull may be more accurately written as skǫkull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚯᚴᚢᛚᛚ
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:

m.: Masculin.

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