Ölstr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölstr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölstr" (or ǫlstr) in Norwegian.

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

ölstr (ǫlstr): ölstr, n. Orekrat, Ellekrat? nú em ek sválítil sem lauf sé opt í ölstrum, at jöfurdauðan Guðr. 1, 19; maaske læses for í ölstrum rettere: jölstrum Dat. Plur.af jölstr, f. dvs. Istervidje (jvf ilstri).

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᛋᛏᚱ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

f.: Feminin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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