Snafojrke

Old Danish Dictionary - snafojrke

Meaning of Old Danish word "Snafojrke", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Snafojrke can mean:

  • go. (fsv snarka, mnt snafojrken)1)snorke;soffue oc snårcke. HWR 175; du skalt icke snarcke eller snuffne. Bredal 10s3;: om patienten snarcker, gaber, nicker med øynene i søffne. Albl,4 37; den sofvende snarler oe snarcker, ComD $ 352; — Bredalx019s (ovf. IL. 74233). — 2) svøfte, fnyse, skænde; de snarcke, de raabe. TKA IL 143; tigerdyret snarker, snyrler. ComO (1672) hhåvy; M. — snorcke, fnyse, vrane oc vrie. Heg 218; de puckede oc snurckede, bandet oc trude. Hvf VI. 47; ringo, nyser, stormer, snoreker aff vrede. Etym 1066; Pså I 266b; hvilken mand som icke will for ret orsage lade sig pante, menn «truer, pucker och snurcker (1624).Webers Saml. I. 90; Skd 92; ad for- bittre sig, snoreke (lade ilde), rase af sted. ComD $ 893.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᛆᚠᚮᛁᚱᚴᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).

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