Bölkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bölkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bölkr" (or bǫlkr) in Norwegian.

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

bölkr (bǫlkr)
bölkr, m. (G. balkar, D. belki, N. Pl.belkir, A. Pl. bölku) = balkr 2, Afde-ling, Rum; verðr (fé) af því dautt atfast stendr í belki Eids. 1, 26 (jvf&vl 37) 2, 22 (jvf BorG. I, 514); hefirhverr hlutr þá bölku í sér, er nökkurlíkendi hefir hverr við annan Frost.Indl. 252; svá segir Ívarr í Sigurðarbelki Fm. VII, 200.

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, bölkr may be more accurately written as bǫlkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚯᛚᚴᚱ
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:

D.
Dativ.
G.
Genitiv.
m.
Masculin.
ndl.
nydøidsk.
Pl.
Pluralis.
s.
substantiv.

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