Öflugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öflugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öflugr" (or ǫflugr) in Norwegian.

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

öflugr (ǫflugr): öflugr, adj. stærk, mægtig (jvf afl); hannvar mikill vexti ok öflugr Nj. 99 (15212);þá kemr hinn ríki at regindómi, öflugrofan, sé er öllu ræðr Vsp. 63; harðrvar Hrungnir ok hans faðir, þó varÞjassi þeim öflgari Grott. 9; vér vetrníu várum leikur, öflgar alnar fyr jörðneðan Grott. 11; öflugr hiti Kgs. 1119;öflugr hungr Heilag. II, 10723; öflugkenning heilsu (= lat. assidua salutisprædicatio) Hom. 3410; leggja öflgahönd á e-n dvs. lægge voldsom Haand paaen, Bp. I, 90524; Sturl. II, 1747.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚠᛚᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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