Söngla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söngla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söngla" (or sǫngla) in Norwegian.

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

söngla (sǫngla)
söngla, v. (að) klinge, single; om Metal- stykke, der falder ned: spratt af armlegghans járnit á golfit ok langt, svá atsönglaði við hátt Fm. V, 2258.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᛚᛆ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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