Sköruleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sköruleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sköruleikr" (or skǫruleikr) in Norwegian.

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

sköruleikr (skǫruleikr): sköruleikr, m. Væsen som tilhører, Egen- skab og Adfærd, hvorved nogen viser sigsom skörungr, = skörungskapr; þatvar mælt um Helgu, at enga vissumenn þá aðra konu, er betr væri umsköruleik sínn - en Helga Fsk. 27.

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, sköruleikr may be more accurately written as skǫruleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚯᚱᚢᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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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