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.)