Öl-móðr

Old Norse Dictionary - 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)
m. a pr. name, Landn.: Ölmœðlingar, m. pl. the descendants of O., id.

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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Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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