Sögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sögn" (or sǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

sögn (sǫgn): sögn, f. (Gen. sagnar, n. Pl. sagnir) 1) Talen, Sigen, mods. þögn. Sigrdrif.20. 2) Udsagn, Fortælling; konungrvarð allreiðr, þá er hann heyrði þessasögn Fm. IV, 11518; at, eptir sögnhans dvs. efter hvad han fortæller, efter hans Udsagn, Flat. I, 6425. II, 11827;Fris. 117; þat er sögn manna, at - dvs.man fortæller, der fortælles, at -, Fris.282 (Yngl. 43) jvf Gunl. 4 (2062). 11(2482); gékk svá sögn, at - dvs. man fortalte, at - , Sturl. II, 1849; nú ferrtveimr sögnum fram Sturl. I, 3512;nauðga e-m til sagna dvs. tvinge en til at bekjende, Fbr. 4613; om Spaadom, Forudsigelse: hví muntu vilja taka afmér visendi eðr sagnir Flat. II, 42516. 3) Ord. SE. II, 66. 82. 86. 4) Sam-ling af Mennesker. SE. I, 560; jvf skip-sögn; sjau fylla sögn SE. I, 532.

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, sögn may be more accurately written as sǫgn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚵᚿ
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.

gn.: gammelnorsk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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