Ölgagn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölgagn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölgagn" (or ǫlgagn) in Norwegian.

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

ölgagn (ǫlgagn): ölgagn, n. Ølkar; vóru þar öll tilföngstórmannlig, borðbúnaðr, ölgögn okstofubúnaðr Fm. VI, 34217. 346 fg; Rb. 2, 10; Dn. IV, 580; konu skal kennatil alls kvennbúnaðar, gulls ok gim-steina, öls eða víns eða annars drykkjar,- svá ok til ölgagna - SE. I, 33415.

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, ölgagn may be more accurately written as ǫlgagn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚵᛆᚵᚿ
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.

n.: Neutrum.