Snöfurleikr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snöfurleikr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snöfurleikr" (or snǫfurleikr) in Norwegian.

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

snöfurleikr (snǫfurleikr)
snöfurleikr, n. Raskhed, Hurtighed; þeirtjalda þá búð hans með miklum snöfur-leik ok búast vel um Flat. II, 20930.

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, snöfurleikr may be more accurately written as snǫfurleikr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᚯᚠᚢᚱᛚᚽᛁᚴᚱ
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.
n.
Neutrum.

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