Fjölmennr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fjölmennr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fjölmennr" (or fjǫlmennr) in Norwegian.

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

fjölmennr (fjǫlmennr)
fjölmennr, adj. 1) talrig paa Folk; ættfjölmenn SE. I, 2819; bú fjölmenntSturl. II, 6627; hón (dvs. Babilon) varlengi fjölmenn Hb. 816; fjölmenn kirkju-sókn Bp. I, 32824; fjölmennt (dvs. folke-rigt) land Stj. 32527; kemr þar fjöl-mennt dvs. mange Mennesker, Flat. I,1499; jvf Sturl. II, 6624. 2229; höfðuþeir fjölmennt Eg. 52 (10532); jvf Fld. II, 12615. 2) forsynet med mange Folk i sit Følge; verða, vera fjölmennr Flat.I, 1404; Vígagl. 2720; hvárt sem hannvar fjölmennari eða fámennari Sturl.I, 575. 28519.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚯᛚᛘᚽᚿᚿᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
lat.
latinsk.
p.
Pagina, side.
s.
substantiv.

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