Skrökvætti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrökvætti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrökvætti" (or skrǫkvætti) in Norwegian.

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

skrökvætti (skrǫkvætti): skrökvætti, n. d. s.; af þeirri sveit tókhann sér vitnisburði ok skrökvætti (exillis testes signatoresque falsos com-modare Sall. Catilina c. 16) Pr. 33227.

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, skrökvætti may be more accurately written as skrǫkvætti.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᚠᛅᛏᛏᛁ
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:

c.: Capitel.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.