Ölnbogi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölnbogi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölnbogi" (or ǫlnbogi) in Norwegian.

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

ölnbogi (ǫlnbogi): ölnbogi, m. Albue, = ölbogi; með undar-ligum hætti er nú um húsfreyju vára,þvíat nú orglast hón upp við ölnbogaok þokar fótum sínum frá stokki Flat.I, 54326; hann hefir á hinni hœgri hendihring digran firir ofan ölnboga Flat.II, 30214.

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, ölnbogi may be more accurately written as ǫlnbogi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚿᛒᚮᚵᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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