Snöktan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snöktan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snöktan" (or snǫktan) in Norwegian.

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

snöktan (snǫktan)
snöktan, f. d.s.; þar skal ekki vættaannat heyrast, nema grátr ok snöktanok andvarpan Leif. 19636.

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, snöktan may be more accurately written as snǫktan.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᚯᚴᛏᛆᚿ
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.
s.
substantiv.

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