Ormafjöldi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ormafjöldi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ormafjöldi" (or ormafjǫldi) in Norwegian.

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

ormafjöldi (ormafjǫldi): ormafjöldi, m. Mængde, stort Antal af Orme; guð lét þar (nl. i Babilon) vaxaormafjölda til þess, er menn máttu þareigi byggja AR. II, 436b5.

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, ormafjöldi may be more accurately written as ormafjǫldi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚱᛘᛆᚠᛁᚯᛚᚦᛁ
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:

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.