Öldrykkjar

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öldrykkjar

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öldrykkjar" (or ǫldrykkjar) in Norwegian.

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

öldrykkjar (ǫldrykkjar): öldrykkjar, m. pl. Personer som ere tilstede ved, deltage i Drikkelag; sessar mannsberi vitni með hanom, eða matunautareða násessar eða öldrykkjar, ef eigiero hinir við; þat skal standa er þeirbera Gul. 187.

Part of speech: m pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚦᚱᛦᚴᚴᛁᛆᚱ
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.

pl.: Pluralis.

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