Sökóttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sökóttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sökóttr" (or sǫkóttr) in Norwegian.

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

sökóttr (sǫkóttr)
sökóttr, adj. fuld af, rig paa Søgsmaal, Tvistemaal eller Anledning dertil; spell-virki hefir ek verit, en ek vil nú afþví láta; á ek sökótt við folkit Fm.VI, 1124; hann hafði fátt hjóna ok áttiþó sökótt Ljósv. 1316.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, sökóttr may be more accurately written as sǫkóttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚴᚮᛏᛏᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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