Fjölmæli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölmæli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölmæli" (or fjǫlmæli) in Norwegian.

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

fjölmæli (fjǫlmæli)
fjölmæli, n. 1) megen Snak, vidløftigTale. Barl. 9528. 2) almindelig Omtale blandt Folk; fara í fjölmæli dvs. kommei Folkemunde, blive Gjenstand for Folke- snak, Krók. 1624; bera, fœra e-t í fjöl-mæli dvs. bringe noget i Folkemunde, saa at Folk i Alm. taler derom, OH. 3228.17232. 3) utilbørlig Tale som gaarandres gode Navn og Rygte for nær.Bjark. 33; Stat. 2509; Dn. II, 66224.V, 38813 jvf 10 fg

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, fjölmæli may be more accurately written as fjǫlmæli.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᛘᛅᛚᛁ
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:

Alm.
Almindelighev.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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