Bölvasmiðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - bölvasmiðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "bölvasmiðr" (or bǫlvasmiðr) in Norwegian.

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

bölvasmiðr (bǫlvasmiðr)
bölvasmiðr, m. Person som foraarsager,fremkalder, paafører Skade, Ulykke ellerFordærvelse. SE. I, 26810.

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, bölvasmiðr may be more accurately written as bǫlvasmiðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚯᛚᚠᛆᛋᛘᛁᚦᚱ
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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