Ölun
Old Norse Dictionary - ölun
Meaning of Old Norse word "ölun" (or ǫlun)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ölun can mean:ölun
- ölun (ǫlun)
- 1. f. = öln or alin, [Lat. ulnus], the fore-arm: in compds, ölun-grjót, the arm-stones, poët. = gems and gold.
- ölun (ǫlun)
- 2. m. a kind of fish, the mackerel (?), Edda (Gl.): in poët. phrases, ölna-vangr, ölna skeið, -fold, -bekkr, = the sea; jarðar-ölun, the earth-fish, i. e. the snake, Lex. poët.; ölun-grund, ölun-jörð, = the sea. id.; alna-vágr, mackerel-ponds; alna váð, a mackerel-net, D. N.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ölun may be more accurately written as ǫlun.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- poët.
- poetically.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.