Fjör-gamall

Old Norse Dictionary - fjör-gamall

Meaning of Old Norse word "fjör-gamall" (or fjǫr-gamall)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

fjör-gamall (fjǫr-gamall)
adj. stone-old, (mod.); cp. fjörðgamall.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjör-gamall may be more accurately written as fjǫr-gamall.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᚱ-ᚴᛅᛘᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
cp.
compare.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.

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