Öl-beinir
Old Norse Dictionary - öl-beinir
Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-beinir" (or ǫl-beinir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- öl-beinir (ǫl-beinir)
- m. an ale-bearer, Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öl-beinir may be more accurately written as ǫl-beinir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚ-ᛒᛁᛁᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.