Ölteiti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölteiti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölteiti" (or ǫlteiti) in Norwegian.

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

ölteiti (ǫlteiti): ölteiti, f. Lystighed i Drikkelag. Band. 37;hitt er ölsiðr meiri, at menn geri sérgaman, ok fám oss ölteiti nökkura Fm.VII, 1194; þat var þar haft til ölteiti,at menn kváðu vísur Eg. 31 (6323).

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, ölteiti may be more accurately written as ǫlteiti.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᛏᚽᛁᛏᛁ
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.