Söl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söl" (or sǫl) in Norwegian.

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

söl (sǫl): söl, n. (Dat. sölvi) et Slags Tang eller Søvæxt, rhodomenia palmata; er sölinetr, þyrstir æ þess at meir Eg. 81(19621. 13); þat á maðr heimilt at eta íannars landi ber ok söl Grg. II, 9417.

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, söl may be more accurately written as sǫl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᛚ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

n.: Neutrum.