Eikivöllr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - eikivöllr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "eikivöllr" (or eikivǫllr) in Norwegian.

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

eikivöllr (eikivǫllr): eikivöllr, m. Vold, flad Strækning (völlr)som er bevoxet med Egetræer; som Steds-navn: EJb. 2920.

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, eikivöllr may be more accurately written as eikivǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᛁᚴᛁᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
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.