Mjölleysa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mjölleysa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mjölleysa" (or mjǫlleysa) in Norwegian.

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

mjölleysa (mjǫlleysa): mjölleysa, s. Melmangel, at eller hvor der fattes Mel, = mjölleysi; forekommer somStedsnavn brugt om den samme Jord-eiendom, som ogsaa kaldes mjölleysi.DN. IV, 69438; EJb. 21418.

Part of speech: s

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛁᚯᛚᛚᚽᛦᛋᛆ
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:

s.: substantiv.