Sögvísi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sögvísi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sögvísi" (or sǫgvísi) in Norwegian.

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

sögvísi (sǫgvísi): sögvísi, f. overdreven Snaksomhed; engi ereinn œðri kraptr eða sterkri, en maðrfái vel hept tungu sína frá munneiðumeða íllyrðum eða sögvisi ok öllu tungu-skœði Kgs. 714.

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, sögvísi may be more accurately written as sǫgvísi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚵᚠᛁᛋᛁ
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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