Snörgl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snörgl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snörgl" (or snǫrgl) in Norwegian.

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

snörgl (snǫrgl): snörgl, n. Rallen i Halsen; om døende:er hann kom inn ok hafði skammahríð hljóðr verit, heyrðu þeir H. snörgltil hans Sturl. I, 25411; heyrðu þeirsnörgl nökkut til rekkju Þóreyjar, oker þeir kvómu þar, sjá þeir, at hónvar önduð Flóam. 23 (14430).

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, snörgl may be more accurately written as snǫrgl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᚯᚱᚵᛚ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

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