Snöggr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snöggr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snöggr" (or snǫggr) in Norwegian.

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

snöggr (snǫggr): snöggr, adj. 1) kort; um skegg var þatsiðr þá, at göra stutt skegg ok snögg-van kamp Kgs. 6619; kiortill snöggrDN. V, 640 (45119. 23. 25). 2) korthaaret;hón (nl. nautsrófan) var snögg ok sel-hár Eb. 54 (1017); allr var hann loð-inn, þar er hann mátti sjá, nema ánáranum, þar þótti honum, sem helztmundi snöggt vera Konr. 7255; rétt erok, ef snöggar ær ero goldnar, at látafylgja vett ullar 20 ám Grg. II, 1951;fig. hann strýkr brott ór því gózi föstuok lausu, sem hann kallaði sítt, svásnöggr ok snauðr orðinn, at varla máttihann sik eða sínn skósvein fœða Æf.4831; ogsaa om Græsset eller Straaetsom voxer paa Jorden (jvf lóðull): yxn3 hvítir géngu upp ór sænum ok runnoá land upp -, ok bito af allt gras atsnöggu dvs. saa at der ikke var et Straa igjen at se, Fm. XI, 67; þau játtaðu okfesto þann vitnisburð, sem hér fylgirum skógaskipti. . . . . . ok þaðan ísnögga heiði norðanverða o. s. v. DN.X, 2111. 3) hurtig, snar; af þessumhugsóttum urðu eigi svá snögg órráðinPr. 29723; især snöggt, adv. = snúðigt:er þat var gert, sýndist víkingum, atþá drœgi svá snöggt undan, at náligavatnaði seglin Flat. II, 1536; skildirklofnuðu svá snöggt, at margir létusítt líf Klm. 24737; fellr stormrinn svásnöggt, at með öllu varð vindlaust Bp.II, 22425; eigi kann ek at sjá, ef hannberr eigi snöggt af þínum frændum okmínum Finb. 6 (133).

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᚯᚵᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

adv.: Adverbium.

f.: Feminin.

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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