Ölmusugœði

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölmusugœði

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölmusugœði" (or ǫlmusugœði) in Norwegian.

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

ölmusugœði (ǫlmusugœði)
ölmusugœði, f. Godhed mod fattige, Vel- vilje til at give Almisse; hvat drambarjörð ok aska, þvíat dreifisk af vindi of-metnaðar þat, er sýnisk saman samnatí föstum ok ölmosugœði Hom. 1617.2817; svá eignumk vér miskunn guðsok lausn synda várra í miskunnsemivið auma menn ok ölmosugœði Hom.301; Elucid. 15615.

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, ölmusugœði may be more accurately written as ǫlmusugœði.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᛘᚢᛋᚢᚵᚯᚦᛁ
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.
m.
Masculin.

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