Sprökla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sprökla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sprökla" (or sprǫkla) in Norwegian.

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

sprökla (sprǫkla): sprökla, v. (að) sprætte, sprelle, = spraðka;annarr spröklar nú, en annarr er full-sœfðr Alex. 4125; Ubbi spröklaði á odd-inum Mag.* 1342; Skotar - drápumikinn fjölda, karla ok konur, ok létusmá börn sprökla á spjótaoddum Fm.X, 117 &vl 10.

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, sprökla may be more accurately written as sprǫkla.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚱᚯᚴᛚᛆ
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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