Steinhöll

Old Norwegian Dictionary - steinhöll

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "steinhöll" (or steinhǫll) in Norwegian.

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

steinhöll (steinhǫll)
steinhöll, f. Hus (höll) opført af Sten;Jarisleifr konungr lætr þeim búa einasteinhöll ok lét hana vel tjalda meðguðvefjarpelli Flat. II, 12133.

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, steinhöll may be more accurately written as steinhǫll.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚽᛁᚿᚼᚯᛚᛚ
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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