Hömlufall

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hömlufall

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hömlufall" (or hǫmlufall) in Norwegian.

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

hömlufall (hǫmlufall)
hömlufall, n. kaldes den Brøde, hvori Udredere af Ledingsskib gjøre sig skyldige,naar de brenna eða brjóta skip áðrstafnar sé sœmdir (dvs. seymdir?) viðkjöl á öðru skipi Gul. 30620.

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, hömlufall may be more accurately written as hǫmlufall.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᛘᛚᚢᚠᛆᛚᛚ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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