Öl

öl (ǫl)

öl, n. (Dat. ölvi, ags. ealu, Gen. ealað;Wilda das Gildewesen s. 2231) 1) Øl (jvfmungát, bjórr); heita öl Eg. 31; geraöl (jvf ölgerð) Gul. 585 (almindelig sy- nes gera öl at skulle betyde den Handlinghvorved man bringer den tillavede Vørter(mungátsefni Bp. I, 3397) til at gjærejvf Bp. I, 1978. 3397 fgg. 3945); bera ölum eld Fris. 25626 (jvf SE. I, 3967 fg);er ölit mælti með þeim, þá varð eigibetr stillt Flat. II, 44218; öl er annarrmaðr Flat. I, 18125; Grett. 4329; Fm.X, 11224. 2) Drikkelag (jvf erfiöl,mælisöl, t. gildebier i Westfalen efterR. Willmanns i Z. f. Kulturgeschichten. f. III, 82; erbbier i Østangel i Søn- derjylland efter Buch der Welt, Stutt-gart 1872, Nr. 21 s. 491); hví eru þeirsvá seinir? ek ætla at þeim þikki ekkitil öls boðit Ljósv. 20 (6524); vér skul-um ok vera menn sáttir vár í millumok samværir at ölvi ok at áti Heið.33 (3802); lögfesta ómaga á þingi eðrþjóðarmáli, í kirkjudurum eðr í öl Dn.VIII, 331.

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, öl may be more accurately written as ǫl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚ
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.