Öl-drykkjar
Old Norse Dictionary - öl-drykkjar
Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-drykkjar" (or ǫl-drykkjar)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- öl-drykkjar (ǫl-drykkjar)
- m. pl. drinking-mates, N. G. l. i. 68.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öl-drykkjar may be more accurately written as ǫl-drykkjar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚ-ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)