Söngvinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söngvinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söngvinn" (or sǫngvinn) in Norwegian.

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

söngvinn (sǫngvinn)
söngvinn, adj. flittig, tilbøielig til at synge; hann var maðr söngvinn ok siðlátr íkirkju ok fylgði vel tíðum Bp. I, 74836.

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, söngvinn may be more accurately written as sǫngvinn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚿᚵᚠᛁᚿᚿ
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.
p.
Pagina, side.

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