Öl-kelda
Old Norse Dictionary - öl-kelda
Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-kelda" (or ǫl-kelda)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- öl-kelda (ǫl-kelda)
- u, f. an ‘ale-well,’ the name of Icel. mineral wells, mentioned in Sks. 163; the chief well is that on Rauðamels-heiðr on the ridge of the mountains between Faxafjord and Breiðifjord in the west of Icel., cp. Eggert Itin.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öl-kelda may be more accurately written as ǫl-kelda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚ-ᚴᛁᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)