Ölóðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölóðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölóðr" (or ǫlóðr) in Norwegian.

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

ölóðr (ǫlóðr): ölóðr, adj. beruset; ganga þeir sjalfir ímyrkrum sem blindir ok gera sik líkadrukknum mönnum ok ölóðum Barl.1436; sátu þeir þá við drykkju; hittaek einn af húskörlum, ok var sá öl-óðr ok sagði, at hér skyldi eigi minnadrekka en at Bergönundar Eg. 60 (13325);hélt maðr á manni, ok lét ganga (hverr)þat er til hafði í vígvölum, ok vóruallir ölóðir Fm. VIII, 24921; Stj. 121;af því at hann var þess háttar drykkúvanr, ok hann vissi eigi vínsins meginok styrk, varð hann ölóðr Stj. 6315.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚮᚦᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

m.: Masculin.

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