Fjölmenni

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölmenni

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölmenni" (or fjǫlmenni) in Norwegian.

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

fjölmenni (fjǫlmenni)
fjölmenni, n. 1) Mængde Mennesker ellerMænd, = mannfjöldi. Eg. 52 (10418);þar var fjölmenni mikit Nj. 2 (225);var at þeirri veizlu hit mesta fjöl-menni Eg. 9 (184); styrkr fjölmennisFlat. I, 4893; með útalligu fjölmenniAR. II, 375; fjölmenni hans Eg. 52(10412). 2) Folkets Masse. Kgs. 210;Anecd. 26.

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, fjölmenni may be more accurately written as fjǫlmenni.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᛘᚽᚿᚿᛁ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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