Stórsök

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórsök

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórsök" (or stórsǫk) in Norwegian.

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

stórsök (stórsǫk): stórsök, f. stor Forbrydelse; þeir drápuþá, er útlaga vóro eða stórsakir höfðugört, ok var þat eptir lögum Pr. 33230;þakka viljum vér yðr, konungr, er þérgefit oss góðan frið, ok þanneg máttuoss mest teygja at taka við trúnni, atgefa oss upp stórsakir, en mælit tilalls í blíðu Laxd. 40 (11411); Fm. II,33; vera í stórsökum við e-n dvs. have forbrudt sig storligen mod en, Fm. VII,2949. II, 412.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᛋᚯᚴ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.