For-tölur
Old Norse Dictionary - for-tölur
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-tölur" (or for-tǫlur)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-tölur (for-tǫlur)
- f. pl. persuasions, Nj. 200, Eg. 9, Hom. 108, Fb. ii. 56, 85.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, for-tölur may be more accurately written as for-tǫlur.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛏᚢᛚᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)