Snarvölr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snarvölr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snarvölr" (or snarvǫlr) in Norwegian.

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

snarvölr (snarvǫlr): snarvölr, m. Pind eller Kjæp, der stikkes ind i Bugten af et Taug for derved atsno dette og snøre det fast til en Gjen-stand, som omgives deraf; þá gjörði atþeim stórviðri svá mikit, at skipin ölltýndust nema dreki Halfdanar, ok léthann reka at honum marga snarvölu- Fld. III, 56810.

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, snarvölr may be more accurately written as snarvǫlr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᛆᚱᚠᚯᛚᚱ
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.

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