Skrökvitni

Old Norwegian Dictionary - skrökvitni

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "skrökvitni" (or skrǫkvitni) in Norwegian.

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

skrökvitni (skrǫkvitni): skrökvitni, n. falskt Vidnesbyrd (jvf lyg-vitni); skal nefna - - þá, sem hvárkisé áðr reyndir at röngum eiðum néskrökvitnum Landsl. 9, 135; sjá viðmanndrápi ok við hórdómi, við stuldum,við skrökvitnum o. s. v. Hom. 12221.

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, skrökvitni may be more accurately written as skrǫkvitni.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚱᚯᚴᚠᛁᛏᚿᛁ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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