Sök-tal
Old Norse Dictionary - sök-tal
Meaning of Old Norse word "sök-tal" (or sǫk-tal)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sök-tal (sǫk-tal)
- n. = saktal (q. v.), n. G. L. i. 187, Fb. i. 562.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sök-tal may be more accurately written as sǫk-tal.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚴ-ᛏᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)