Vökva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökva" (or vǫkva) in Norwegian.

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

vökva (vǫkva): vökva, v. (að) væde, gjøre vaad; er (nl.áin Nilus) um landit flýtr ok fellr,vökvar þat svá ok frjóvar meðr sínnidöggvan, at mikill partr af veröldinnifœðist af því hveiti sem þar vex Stj. 779.34813; hann hellti vatni í munnlaug atvökva palmviðinn Heilag. II, 5501.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚠᛆ
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:

nl.: nemlig.

v.: Verbum.