Ölmusa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölmusa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölmusa" (or ǫlmusa) in Norwegian.

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

ölmusa (ǫlmusa): ölmusa, f. 1) Almisse; svá sem vatnitslökkvir líkamligan eld, slíkt hit samaslökkvir ölmosan synda bruna SE. II,2022; munu þér nökkura ölmusu viljamér gera fyrir guðs sakir Fm. VI, 23421. 2) Usling, Stakkel, = veslingr; eru þérþó ölmusur hjá mér Flat. I, 39719 jvf 14;má ek ekki við menn eiga, því þeireru ölmusur einar ok meiðast strax,þá við er komit Fld. I, 5518; nenni ekvíst eigi at ölmusur sparki í andlit mérVatsd. 18 (318); íllt er þeim mönnum,er ölmusur eru at vexti ok fráleik Vatsd.25 (4122); því miskunna þú, guðs maðr,ok fullting veit þessarri ölmusu Heilag.II, 11733; Krists ölmusur Heilag. I, 1517.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᛘᚢᛋᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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