Ólga
Old Norse Dictionary - ólga
Meaning of Old Norse word "ólga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ólga
- u, f. [akin to válgr (?), changing vá into ó]:—a swell, swelling, esp. of water; sævar ólga, the swell of the sea, Fas. ii. 378, freq. in mod. usage; cp. also ylgja = the rolling, of waves. ólgu-sjór, a rolling swell of sea.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)