Öld

Old Norse Dictionary - öld

Meaning of Old Norse word "öld" (or ǫld)

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

Old Norse word öld can mean:öld

öld (ǫld)
f., gen. aldar, dat. öldu, and later öld, pl. aldir, alda, öldum; [akin to aldr; A. S. eld or yld; Old Engl. eld (cp. the adj. old); Germ. alt; Dan. old in heden-old = the heathen age]:—a time, age; þessi eru nofn stundanna, ‘öld’ forðum, aldr, Edda 108; var öld hans góð landsfólkinu, FmS. vii. 174; vind-öld, varg-öld, skegg-öld, skálm-öld, Vsp.; róm-öld, war-age, FmS. vi. (in a verse); styrj-öld, veröld, qq. v.; en fyrsta öld var sú er alla dauða menn skyldi brenna, en síðan hófsk haugs-öld, Ó. H. (pref.); feðr várir ok allt forellri fyrst um brana-öld en nú um haugs-öld, Hkr. i. 141; ó-öld, a famine, Ann. 975: óaldar-vetr var mikill á Íslandi í heiðni, … þá átu menn hrafna ok melrakka, Landn. (Hb.); nú er sú öld (such bad times) í Noregi at ek treysti eigi at halda ykkr hér heima með mér, FmS. ii. 4; hans aldar (his life, reign) mun æ vera at góðu getið, Hkm. 19.
öld (ǫld)
2. in a computistic or chronological sense, a cycle, period; gamla öld. the old cycle = cyclus Paschalis; upphaf gömlu aldar, Ann. 1140 (cp. Talbyrding S.a.), also called Páska-öld; sólar-öld, the solar cycle; tungl-öld, the lunar cycle, also called nítján vetra öld. Ann., MS. 415. 9; sjau aldir veraldar þessar, the seven ages of the world, Ver. 7.
öld (ǫld)
3. of allar aldir veralda, through all ages of the world, 686 B. 14; of öld alda, Eluc. 55; fyrir úendiligar aldir alda = secula seculorum, … of aldir alda, 623. 29; and so in mod. eccl. usage, ‘um aldir alda amen,’ Vídal. passim; the phrase, ár var alda (gen. pl.), upon a time, in days of yore, Vsp. 3, Hkv. 1. 1.
öld (ǫld)
II. poët. men, people, Edda (gl.); hálf er öld hvar, Hm. 52; ósnotr maðr er með aldir kemr, among men, 26; alda börn, Vsp. 20; alda sona, sons of men, Hm. 11; alda hverr. each of men, Fm. 10; ýtti örr hilmir aldir við tóku, Bm.; alda vinr, a friend of men; Norræn öld, Norse people. Lex. poët.; Ensk öld, English people, id.
öld (ǫld)
COMPDS: aldareðli, aldafaðir, aldarfar, aldagautr, aldarháttr, aldarmál, aldamót, aldarrof, aldarróg, aldaskipti, aldartal, aldartrygðir, aldavinr, aldaþopti.

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

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

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Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
pref.
preface.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
mod.
modern.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hb.
Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Hkm.
Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
Ver.
Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
Bm.
Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)
Fm.
Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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