Bjöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bjöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bjöllr" (or bjǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

bjöllr (bjǫllr)
bjöllr, m.? Fm. VIII, 406 (&vl böllr,bálkr).

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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