Tulkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tulkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tulkr" in Norwegian.

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

tulkr: tulkr, m. (G. -s, N. Pl. -ar) 1) Tolk; skýr-ingameistari eðr tulkr konungs Stj.54237; þá skildi tulkr, sá er kunni vind-versku, hvat sá höfðingi sagði Fm. VII,19229; vóru honum fengnir leiðtogar oktulkar allt norðr yfir til Griklands Flat.I, 50537; stýrimaðr skal leiðsagumannfá, en allir (nl. hásetar) tulk Byl. 9, 54;Flat. III, 476; tulkr heilagrar biblieHeilaG. I, 14311. 2) Talsmand; svásé ok hinn Sæli Stephanus at eilífuvárr tulkr ok formælandi til sættar viðþann sama várn lausnara Jesum Crist-um HeilaG. II, 30912; freistit, at þérfáit nökkura þá fátœka menn yðr pro-curerat, sem yðr megi á síðarsta dómsdegi fyrir yðrum glœpum ok afgerðumfyrir sjalfum guði tulkar ok tœnaðar-menn vera Stj. 1576. 3) Mellemmand,Mægler ved Handel eller Kjøb og Salg;þess háttar menn eru þar kallaðir brok-unarmenn, er þá sýslu hafa at kaupameð fjárhlutum manna ok vilja þann vegfirir tulka Flat. II, 13811 (jvf Fm. V, 1834).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚢᛚᚴᚱ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

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