Ölr
Old Norse Dictionary - ölr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ölr" (or ǫlr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ölr can mean:ölr
- ölr (ǫlr)
- 1. adj. worse for ale, worse for drink; ölr ek varð, varð ek ofr-ölvi, Hm. 13; ölr ertú Loki, LS. 47, Gm. 51; ölum stilli, Ýt.: allit., eigi veit hvaðan óðr eða ölr kemr at, a saying, Sturl. iii. 183.
- ölr (ǫlr)
- 2. m. = elrir, [Norweg. or, older, elle; A. S. alr; Engl. alder; Lat. alnus]:—a kind of tree, the alder-tree, Karl. 196; ölr vanga, poët. the hair, Edda ii. 500; öls blakkr, the wolf, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ölr may be more accurately written as ǫlr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Norweg.
- Norwegian.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.