Röðull

Old Norwegian Dictionary - röðull

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "röðull" (or rǫðull) in Norwegian.

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

röðull (rǫðull): röðull, m. 1) Straaleglands, lat. nimbus;þá er hón (nl. sól) tekr at vitja austrsættar með vörmum ok björtum geislum,þá tekr þar fyrst dagr upp at léttaaustanvindi silfrligar brýn ok blítt and-lit, en því næst verðr hann kórónaðrmeð gulligum röðli Kgs. 1023; at settrisólu þá tekr útnyrðingr at létta fögrumbrúnum ok bendir með léttri brún öllumgrönnum sínum, at hann hefir í sínnigæzlu skínanda röðul Kgs. 111. 2) Sol;röðull er sól, ok géngr hón fyrir eldí öllum kenningum SE. I, 62412.

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, röðull may be more accurately written as rǫðull.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚯᚦᚢᛚᛚ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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