Skröksaga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skröksaga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skröksaga" (or skrǫksaga) in Norwegian.

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

skröksaga (skrǫksaga): skröksaga, f. usandfærdig, upaalidelig Be- retning, lat. fabula; Minocentaurumsegja þeir nafn hafa tekit af manniok griðungi -, hvílíkt dýr er hinirfyrri menn sögðu í sínum skröksöguminni byrgt í laborintho Stj. 859; finnstsvá skrifat í skröksögum GrecorumStj. 8725; heiðnir menn segja í sínumskröksögum - Stj. 9016; á skröksögurskal þáleiðis trúa sem á jarðarinnardygð þar, sem Sodoma hefir staðitStj. 1243; hón sneri heyrn sínni tilskröksagna Heilag. I, 5197; skemtastmeð skröksögur Post. 84933.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᛋᛆᚵᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

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