Vanskörungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vanskörungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vanskörungr" (or vanskǫrungr) in Norwegian.

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

vanskörungr (vanskǫrungr)
vanskörungr, m. Person som unddragersig at gjøre hvad man kan vænte sig af skörungr; skal okkr ok aldri þá skömmhenda, at vera þeir vanskörungar atsætta þá eigi Eg. 85 (21730); gerðumenn mikit orð á til ámælis, at sáværi mikill vanskörungr er yfirmaðrvar þess heraðs, at engar atgerðirskyldi í móti koma slíkum úhœfumVatsd. 1 (42).

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, vanskörungr may be more accurately written as vanskǫrungr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᛋᚴᚯᚱᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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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