Öl-selja

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

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

öl-selja (ǫl-selja)

u, f. a female cup-bearer, Eg. 210, Lex. Poët.

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

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