Frum-kvöðull
Old Norse Dictionary - frum-kvöðull
Meaning of Old Norse word "frum-kvöðull" (or frum-kvǫðull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frum-kvöðull (frum-kvǫðull)
- m. an originator, Edda 18, Ed. Arna-Magn. i. 104.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, frum-kvöðull may be more accurately written as frum-kvǫðull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᛘ-ᚴᚢᚢᚦᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Arna-Magn.
- Arna-Magnacanus.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)