Œrsla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - œrsla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "œrsla" in Norwegian.

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

œrsla
œrsla, f. Vildelse, Galskab som foraarsager at man ikke har Rede paa hvad man gjør; er móðir sveinsins heyrði þá ena mikluœrslu síns búanda Mar. 725; slíkt erhin mesta œrsla Barl. 16721; vei mér,kvað hón, hví dey ek eigi, hví vildiek eigi trúa helgum ritningum, hverœrsla sveik mik? Heilag. I, 34826; erþat œrsla at draga undan at elskaþann, er svá mikit ann ok svá stórumgefr Heilag. I, 4565; ástar úvit ok œrslaStr. 2525.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᛋᛚᛆ
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:

f.
Feminin.

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