Böllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - böllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "böllr" (or bǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

böllr (bǫllr): böllr, m. (G. ballar, D. belli, N. Pl.bellir, A. Pl. böllu) 1) Kugle; om Jor-den: Kgs. 4714. 2) Bold at lege meD. Alex. 18. 3) Testikel (Folkespr. boll).GrG. I, 14917. 4) böllr svínfylkingardvs. Spidsen, den forreste Del af Fylkin-gen (jvf rani) Kgs. 8528 (Kgs.* 384Anm.).

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, böllr may be more accurately written as bǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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