Skrök

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrök

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrök" (or skrǫk) in Norwegian.

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

skrök (skrǫk): skrök, n. usandfærdig Tale; því skrökvibiðr hann (nl. Djævelen) trúa, er hanntelr fyrir Hom. 16413; var þá mörgumkonungs mönnum forvitni á, hvárt slíktværi skrök eðr sannyndi Flat. I, 39826;þat er háttr skálda at lofa þann mest,er þá eru þeir fyrir, en engi mundiþat gera at segja sjalfum honum þauverk hans, er allir þeir, er heyrði, vissi,at hégómi væri ok skrök ok svá sjalfrhann Fris. 24 jvf Stj. 4848; verða atskröki dvs. vise sig at være Usandhed, Gul.2210; verjandi svarar því, at þú átt þarekki í, því at váttar þínir hafa þar boritskrök Gul. 266 (8717); ef þeir gera yðrþvílík skrök sem fyrr, þá er ekki ossat treystask Post. 7964.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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