Festaröl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - festaröl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "festaröl" (or festarǫl) in Norwegian.

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

festaröl (festarǫl): festaröl, n. Trolovelsesgilde, Gilde somholdtes i Anledning af festing eller festar,= fastnaðaröl. Dn. I, 9447. II, 60113;gjörir hann þegar festaröl til hennarok lítlu síðarr festir hann hana, eru þauá samt mörg misseri Æf. 85 a60 jvf 54.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, festaröl may be more accurately written as festarǫl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚽᛋᛏᛆᚱᚯᛚ
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:

f.: Feminin.

n.: Neutrum.

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