Slökking

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slökking

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slökking" (or slǫkking) in Norwegian.

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

slökking (slǫkking): slökking, f. 1) Udslukkelse, Slutning; i eld-slökking Byl. 6, 105; eldslekking Byl.1, 315. 17. 6, 333. 2) Tilintetgjørelse, Af- skaffelse, se skuldaslekking Stat. 2868.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᚯᚴᚴᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.: Feminin.