Skörungleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skörungleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skörungleikr" (or skǫrungleikr) in Norwegian.

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

skörungleikr (skǫrungleikr)
skörungleikr, m. = sköruleikr; nú hittirkonungr hana á öðru bragði ok tjárfirir henni skörungleik Hákonar Mork.8331; Josephus hinn fróði segir hannverit hafa fyrirmann allra annarra ífjórum lutum: siðarhaldi kennimanns-skapar, skörungleik hertogadœmis o. s. v. Gyð. 594.

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, skörungleikr may be more accurately written as skǫrungleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚯᚱᚢᚿᚵᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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