Vök

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vök

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vök" (or vǫk) in Norwegian.

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

vök (vǫk): vök, f. (G. vakar, N. Pl. vakir) Aabningi, Hul paa Isen; var íss á ánni mjökvákr, jarl fór af baki ok veik hestinumí vök eina ok lét þar eftir möttul sínnFlat. I, 2354; m. konungsson stýrðiþví skipi, er yzt lá í vökinni ok næstút vatninu Fm. VI, 3371; hann hélt 7skipum í vök þíðri í Níð fyrir konungs-garði Fm. VII, 213 (Hkr. 63627). VIII, 416.XI, 35819; Bp. I, 3464; Flóam. 24 (1457.14624. 1803); Kgs. 4023; GráG. 53220.

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, vök may be more accurately written as vǫk.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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