Vandbölkr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vandbölkr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vandbölkr" (or vandbǫlkr) in Norwegian.

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

vandbölkr (vandbǫlkr): vandbalkr eller vandbölkr, m. Skillevæg af Fletværk eller sammenføiede Kjæppe, Grene. Flat. II, 36333; þeir géngu innok vóru einir í húsi, svá at vandbalkreinn var í milli þeirra ok annarramanna Flat. II, 50326; stóð hann viðvandbalkinn þann er í bygghlöðunnivar Fbr. 1122; OHm. 96 fg

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, vandbölkr may be more accurately written as vandbǫlkr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚿᚦᛒᚯᛚᚴᚱ
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.