Mjöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjöll" (or mjǫll) in Norwegian.

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

mjöll (mjǫll): mjöll, f. (G. mjallar) tør nyfalden Sne;sá snjór, er hvítastr er ok í logni fellrok mjöll er kallaðr Bárð. 27; hals hvít-ari (h)reinni mjöllu RíG. 26; mjöllinvar laus ok rauk honum (nl. som ranná skíðum) Flat. I, 5799. 38; tók þá snæ-fall mikit ok gjörðist íll fœrðin, ok varmjöllin svá djúp, at hrossin féngu eigivaðit Flat. II, 11135; ero þeir kasaðirí mjöllinni Flóam. 22 (14333). Jvf.mjallhvítr, mjallroka.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᛚᛚ
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:

a.: accusativ.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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