Steinnökkvi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - steinnökkvi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "steinnökkvi" (or steinnǫkkvi) in Norwegian.

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

steinnökkvi (steinnǫkkvi)
steinnökkvi, m. Baad af Sten; þeir mœttuhonum einn dag á steinnökkva einum,- ok börðu hann með járnstöngum,en hann varðist með árum Bárð. 330.

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, steinnökkvi may be more accurately written as steinnǫkkvi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚽᛁᚿᚿᚯᚴᚴᚠᛁ
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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