Skrökváttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrökváttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrökváttr" (or skrǫkváttr) in Norwegian.

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

skrökváttr (skrǫkváttr)
skrökváttr, m. falskt Vidne; nú fœra mennandvitni á móti, þá skulu þeir aukaeinum vátt, þá eru þeir skrökváttar, erfyrri báru; en ef þeir bera allir jafn-margir, þá eru þeir skrökváttar, er eptribáru Gul. 602; skrökváttr er á þrjávega sekr Hom. 396. 10 jvf 14 fg; kómu tveirskrökváttar ok mæltu o. s. v. Homil.17135.

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, skrökváttr may be more accurately written as skrǫkváttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᚠᛆᛏᛏᚱ
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.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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