Brölta
Old Norse Dictionary - brölta
Meaning of Old Norse word "brölta" (or brǫlta)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- brölta (brǫlta)
- t, [bratl and bratla, Ivar Aasen], to tumble about (as a cow in a bog), Ld. 328, Nj. 27, Jómsv. S. (Ed. 1824), p. 38 (breylti); FmS. xi. 129 has a false reading breysti. brölt, n. a tumbling about.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, brölta may be more accurately written as brǫlta.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᚢᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Jómsv. S.
- Jómsvíkinga Saga. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)