Ör-lygr
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-lygr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-lygr" (or ǫr-lygr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-lygr (ǫr-lygr)
- m. a pr. name, see the preceding word, Landn.: whence Örlygs-staðir, a local name, Sturl.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-lygr may be more accurately written as ǫr-lygr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛚᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)