Öl-móðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-móðr" (or ǫl-móðr)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

öl-móðr (ǫl-móðr)

adj. ale-moody, dull with drink, Róm, 150, 244.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öl-móðr may be more accurately written as ǫl-móðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚ-ᛘᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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