Jónsmessuöl

jónsmessuöl (jónsmessuǫl)

jónsmessuöl, n. Drikkelag som skulde hol- des ved St. Hansdagstid, = jóans-messumungát; um jónsmessuöl: sváer ok mælt, at bóndi hverr skal eigaöl at jónsvöku tveggja mæla, en erki-biskup hefir þat lofat, at þeir skoluvera fleiri saman, er vilja, en þeir færri,er færri vilja, ok eigi þó allir eða gjaldi3 aura biskupi, ef eigi er átt firir jólFrost. 2, 21.

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, jónsmessuöl may be more accurately written as jónsmessuǫl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛁᚮᚿᛋᛘᚽᛋᛋᚢᚯᛚ
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.