Sögusögn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sögusögn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sögusögn" (or sǫgusǫgn) in Norwegian.

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

sögusögn (sǫgusǫgn): sögusögn, f. mundtlig Fortælling (jvfsegjandzsaga); í fornum sögum verðrmörgu samanblandat, er þat ok eigiúlíkligt, þar er menn hafa sögusögneina til Fm. V, 24128.

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, sögusögn may be more accurately written as sǫgusǫgn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚵᚢᛋᚯᚵᚿ
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.

m.: Masculin.

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