Vökulið

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökulið

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökulið" (or vǫkulið) in Norwegian.

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

vökulið (vǫkulið)
vökulið, n. coll. Folk som søger hen til vaka 2. Fm. VII, 310; jvf P. A. Munchd. n. Folks Hist. III, 499 n.

Part of speech: n coll

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, vökulið may be more accurately written as vǫkulið.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚢᛚᛁᚦ
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:

coll.
Collectiv.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.

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