Öðli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öðli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öðli" (or ǫðli) in Norwegian.

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

öðli (ǫðli): öðli, n. = eðli 3; veiztu ef ek öðli ættakLok. 43; segja mun ek til nafns míns,þótt ek sekr sják, ok til alls öðlisHárb. 9; sjá var jartein mjök í gegnöðli Bp. I, 33530; þat öðli manndómsfór í dag til himins Pr. 46523; sál hversmanns er ágætari at öðlis skepnu enlíkamrinn OHm. 122.

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, öðli may be more accurately written as ǫðli.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚦᛚᛁ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

p.: Pagina, side.

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