Skrökva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrökva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrökva" (or skrǫkva) in Norwegian.

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

skrökva (skrǫkva): skrökva, v. (að) opdigte; alla hluti skrökvadjöflar svá sem í eptirlíking ýmisligrahluta, þá er talast við Heilag. I, 695;hón - kemr at hellisdyrum munksins- skrökvandi (&vl ljúgandi, lat. simu-lans) sik þreytta ok þrekaða Heilag.II, 3586; Fld. III, 193 &vl 1.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᚠᛆ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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