Skröksmaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skröksmaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skröksmaðr" (or skrǫksmaðr) in Norwegian.

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

skröksmaðr (skrǫksmaðr): skröksmaðr, m. = skrökmaðr, skröks-fullr maðr; allir ráðvandir menn oksiðsamir rœgðu Simon ok sögðu hannvera skröksmann en Petrum guðs vinhelgan Post. 18534; kann ok vera, þarsem ek er engi skröksmaðr, at til verðieinhverr at trúa mínum orðum, þeir erþik deili málum Krók. 218.

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, skröksmaðr may be more accurately written as skrǫksmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᛋᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.