Blöku-menn
Old Norse Dictionary - blöku-menn
Meaning of Old Norse word "blöku-menn" (or blǫku-menn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blöku-menn (blǫku-menn)
- m. pl. Walachians, and Blökumanna-land, Walachia, Fms. v. 283; hann sviku Blakumenn í útfaru, Broc. Runstone, p. 179.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, blöku-menn may be more accurately written as blǫku-menn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᚴᚢ-ᛘᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)