Örvamæli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - örvamæli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "örvamæli" (or ǫrvamæli) in Norwegian.

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

örvamæli (ǫrvamæli): örvamæli, n. d. s.; þetta kemr eigi velvið, - þvíat örvamæli mítt ok bogilá eptir við skip niðri Fld. II, 2132.177.

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, örvamæli may be more accurately written as ǫrvamæli.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚱᚠᛆᛘᛅᛚᛁ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.