Mösur-bolli
Old Norse Dictionary - mösur-bolli
Meaning of Old Norse word "mösur-bolli" (or mǫsur-bolli)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mösur-bolli (mǫsur-bolli)
- a, m., -skál, f., -ker, [Old Engl. maser-bowl], n. a bowl or vessel of maple, Fms. vi. 184, Karl. 53, Vm. 58, Dipl. iii. 4; such bowls are freq. mentioned in inventories of churches, Vm. 58; cp. mid. H. G., where maser is even used of a chalice, a maple-wood cup.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mösur-bolli may be more accurately written as mǫsur-bolli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛋᚢᚱ-ᛒᚢᛚᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)