Fjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjöld" (or fjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

fjöld (fjǫld): fjöld, f. 1) Mængde af noget (e-s). Am.8; Sig. 3, 2; Pr. 38325; Klm. 13733;Fm. II, 19910; ogsaa uden tilføiet Gen.i Bet. meget; fjöld ek fór, f. ek freist-aða, f. ek reynda regin Vafþr. 3; sá- er - hefir fjöld um farit Hm. 17;fjöld ek þér sagða Grimn. 52; talarfolkit fjölt af þessu Thom. 18617. 2) =fjölmenni; i svá mikilli fjöld sér J.einn ungan mann Post. 48536 (jvf L. 35).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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.

L.: Linje.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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