Sökunautr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sökunautr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sökunautr" (or sǫkunautr) in Norwegian.

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

sökunautr (sǫkunautr): sökunautr, m. Modstander, Modpart. Gul.62; þá er ek frá, at Gyðingar réðofjörráðum umb hann, þá senda ek hanntil þín, ok mun ek þangat boða söko-nautum hans, ok skolo þér dœma ofþetta allir saman Post. 23020; söko-nautr várr biðr okkr Guðmund tilgerðar um mál þetta Ölk. 1815; fyrir-gef oss várar sakar, svá sem vér fyrir-gefum várum sökunautum (debitoribusnostris) Hom. 1989.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚴᚢᚿᛆᚢᛏᚱ
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.

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