Öln

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öln

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öln" (or ǫln) in Norwegian.

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

öln (ǫln): öln, f. (G. alnar, N. Pl. alnar & alnir), =alin: 1) Nederarmen fra Albuen til Fin-gerspidserne (jvf þumalöln, ölnbogi), lat.ulna; taka í öxl manni af þrepa þeimer gildar alnar ok faðma hefir GrG.II, 907. 2) Alen som Maal (om hvisLængde handles Vidal. 16 fgg). Kalfsk.96. 98; öln vaðmáls Flat. II, 26114. 3) som Værdibestemmelse, = öln vaðmáls;öln né penning hafðir þú þess aldregivanréttis vesall Lok. 40; Gul. 235; BorG.1, 12; Eids. 1, 48; 6 alna silfr DN. IV,625. Om Forholdet mellem öln (vað-máls) og de forskjellige Myntenheder se Gul. 235; Flat. II, 36114 (OH. 14126), og lögeyrir 1, sex alna eyrir (under eyrir).

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, öln may be more accurately written as ǫln.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚿ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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