Allfjölmennr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - allfjölmennr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "allfjölmennr" (or allfjǫlmennr) in Norwegian.

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

allfjölmennr (allfjǫlmennr)
allfjölmennr, adj. 1) særdeles rigeligenforsynet med Mandskab; var Oddr all-fjölmennr Eg. 85 (2165); jvf Fris. 1115;Laxd. 23 (614); voru þar bœndr komnirallfjölmennir (= allfjölmennt Fm. I,3626) Flat. I, 5717. 2) saadan, hvorvedder er særdeles mange Mennesker til-stede; allfjölmennr knattleikr Eg. 40(7713); var þar allfjölmennt á þinginuFlat. I, 5518.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛚᛚᚠᛁᚯᛚᛘᚽᚿᚿᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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