Ölværr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ölværr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ölværr" (or ǫlværr) in Norwegian.

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

ölværr (ǫlværr)
ölværr, adj. besjælet af Velvilje; ölværirurðu ok elda kyndu, hugðu vætr vélaer þeir váru komnir Am. 5.

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, ölværr may be more accurately written as ǫlværr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛚᚠᛅᚱᚱ
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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