Slokna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slokna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slokna" in Norwegian.

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

slokna
slokna, v. (að) 1) slukne, udslukkes; en þásloknar, er inn sétti (nl. dagr) kemr,ok versnar allr vinskapr Hm. 50; sloknamunu þá ok ljós öll Flat. II, 817; loginsloknuðu öll í þessu Flat. II, 12919;tekr hann sefit af golfinu ok vefrsaman, kastar síðan í ljósit eitt, oksloknar þat Gísl. 2911; þar finnst ok sásteinn, sem abeston heitir, hann hefir- þá nattúru, at svá sem eitt sinnkveykist ljós á honum, þá sloknar hannaldrigi af vindi né vætum Stj. 863;gaus upp stundum eldrinn, en stundumsloknaði niðr Nj. 131 (20417). 2) dø (idet Livslyset udslukkes, jvf slokna S.706b5 fg hos Aasen og mine Bemærk-ninger om Ordet aldrnari i Chr.a Vi-densk. Selsk.s Forh. 1871, S. 426 fg);leggr sá maðr til vaxtar jarteigninni,at þann hnút, er kvalarinn setti á virg-ulinn, lét hann mœta sjalfum barkan-um, at því bráðara skyldi hann sloknaThom. 47136. 3) tabe sig, falde bort, blive til intet; sloknar allt afl dauð-fœrandi grasa Post. 46328.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᚮᚴᚿᛆ
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.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
S.
Side.
v.
Verbum.

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