Vanlykt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vanlykt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vanlykt" in Norwegian.

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

vanlykt
vanlykt, f. at noget ikke er gjort tilfulde som det skal være; om Forsømmelse: efgoðinn gerr eigi nefna féránsdóm, endasé hann at lögum beiddr, eða hverigarvanlyktir er þær koma af goðans hendiGrg. I, 9217; var at vanlyktum nökkut(dvs. hun var ikke aldeles færdig dermed)er hón þó höfuð hans Heið. 21 (33318);J. konungr segir nú vera mikit at sýst,ok þó mikit enn með vanlyktom, erKarl var eigi aptr kominn Flat. III,25715.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᛚᛦᚴᛏ
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.
lat.
latinsk.
s.
substantiv.

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