Eljan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - eljan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "eljan" in Norwegian.

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

eljan
eljan, n. Aandskraft, der viser sig i Fore-tagsomhed og Standhaftighed (gsax. ellian,ags. ellen, got. aljan, ght. ellan, mht.ellen, alle n.) Hkr. 77311; Vatsd. 2(415); jvf eljun.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᛚᛁᛆᚿ
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:

got.
gotisk.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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