Snökta

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snökta

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snökta" (or snǫkta) in Norwegian.

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

snökta (snǫkta): snökta, v. (kt) hulke; aldri láti þér núsvá ílla eða snöktit ok syrgit, at eigisé nú dauðr Magnús konungr Fm. VIII,2345; grætr hann ok ýlir snöktandiMar. 18423; fóru fjándr brott snökt-andi Mar. 87031; sá hinn íllgjarni andisýndist bónda um nóttina - ok barupp fyrir hann þess háttar kvein meðsnöktandi röddu Bp. I, 4028; heyrirmóðir sveinsins þetta -, ferr í mörkinamjök af skyndingu at finna bróður sínn,nemr eigi fyrr staðar en við hurð her-bergis hans, knýr í ákafa, grætr oksnöktir - Heilag. II, 51614 jvf 61919.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᚯᚴᛏᛆ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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