Öldungr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öldungr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öldungr" (or ǫldungr) in Norwegian.

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

öldungr (ǫldungr): öldungr, m. 1) Stud (ældre end 3 Aar).LandsL. 3, 138; byrjar mér at hafa ábrott ór þínni landeign enn mikla öld-ung, þann er vel kann arðr at dragaok vagn Heilag. II, 38022 jvf 28; hann (nL. göltr einn) var svá mikill sem hinnstœrsti öldungr FlD. I, 4633; SE. I,588. 2) Høvding, anseet Mand (gD. aldung Eriks sj. L. 2, 54; se Lund 5;A. D. Jørgensen i Aarb. 1872 S. 290-298; jvf Steenstrup i Studier til KongValdemars Jordebøger I, 202); Alex-ander hét öldungr einn í JórsalaborgHeilag. II, 30231; heilagr Maurus varens göfgasta öldunga kyns Heilag. I,6594; Grett. 112; mikinn öldung (om Gunnarr) höfum vér nú at velli lagtNj. 78 (11710); mikinn harm vekit þérmér, er þér talit til hinna fyrri öldunga,þeirra er ek hefi til komit, því at þatmá rétt segja, at þeir sem nú beratignarnöfn, mega at réttu svínfœtrkallast hjá hinum fyrrum höfðingjumMag.* 698; kallaðu saman lýðinn firirmítt auglit 70 höfðingja lýðsins, þá erþú veizt at meistarar ero ok öldungarlýðsins Stj. 32319. 3966; om de romerskeSenatorer: Bret. 23; Pr. 256 fg o. m. fL. St.; senatus þat má kallast öldungasveit á norrœno Alex. 8 jvf Kjaln. 14.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚦᚢᚿᚵᚱ
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:

D.: Dativ.

gd.: gammeldansk.

L.: Linje.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

o. m. fl. St.: og mange flere Steder.

S.: Side.

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