Sólaröld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sólaröld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sólaröld" (or sólarǫld) in Norwegian.

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

sólaröld (sólarǫld): sólaröld, f. den af 28 Aar bestaaende Sol- cyclus, efter hvis Udløb en vis Maaneds-dag altid falder paa den samme Ugedag,hvoraf den ogsaa kaldes concurrentes öld(se Ideler Handbuch der Chronologi II,72. 185-190. 261 fg); sólaröld er kölluðat bókmáli concurrentes öld, í þeirriöld ero 8 vetr ok 20; í þeirri öld skalmerkja mánaðatal, viknatal ok dagatal,ok víkr þingat til allt misseristal Rimb.59b12 (2223) jvf 49a18. 28. 36 (48. 12. 18). 61a16(2615); Flat. III, 47717.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, sólaröld may be more accurately written as sólarǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚮᛚᛆᚱᚯᛚᚦ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

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