Fjölmenna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölmenna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölmenna" (or fjǫlmenna) in Norwegian.

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

fjölmenna (fjǫlmenna)
fjölmenna, v. (nt) 1) gjøre talrig paa Folk(fjölmennr): guð hafði fyrir ætlat atfjölmenna kyn Abrahe frá Isak Heilag.19014; fjölmenntist ok bygðist veröldinSE. I, 215; hann kvezt fjölmenna þá(dvs. borgarmenn) af sínum mönnumsem hann mætti Pr. 27626. 2) samlemange Folk. Flat. I, 12638; Sturl.II, 863.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᛘᚽᚿᚿᛆ
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:

lat.
latinsk.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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