Mjölkýll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjölkýll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjölkýll" (or mjǫlkýll) in Norwegian.

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

mjölkýll (mjǫlkýll)
mjölkýll, m. Sæk, Pose som bruges til deri at føre Mel (= mjölsekkr); hannkvað mik orðit hafa svá hræddan, atÞ. - bæri mik á skip út í mjölkýlumsínum ok flutti mik svá til Íslands Nj.140 (2273) jvf 120 (18118).

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᛚᚴᛦᛚᛚ
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:

m.
Masculin.

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