Valk

Old Norwegian Dictionary - valk

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "valk" in Norwegian.

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

valk: valk, n. 1) Omtumlen hvorved nogen føreshid og did, kastes frem og tilbage, saa athan ikke kan blive i eller komme til Ro:a) paa Søreise: fékk hann þá (nL. íGrœnlandshafi) réttu stóra ok valkmikit Flat. II, 902 jvf Fld. II, 5161;Jb. 390; b) paa Landreise: þoldi hanní þessu valk (da han i 6 eller 7 paa hin-anden følgende Maaneder fór villr umstórar merkr ok úkunnar) bæði hungrok kulda Fm. VIII, 1821; fyrir hvatvildir þú svá pína þik er þú fórt eigiheim til herbergis, svá farmóðr maðrok þolt áðr mart valk ok vás í herbúð-um Stj. 51420. 2) Fortræd, Ulempe;þessar þrætur ok þrautir hafa lengistaðit í millum vár oss til margra valkaok mikilla vandræða NL. I, 4459; eptirþau mörgu valk ok vandræði er ek hefiþolat í mínu ríki Alex. 10517 jvf EL. 124.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᛚᚴ
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:

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

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