Ör-vínan
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-vínan
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-vínan" (or ǫr-vínan)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-vínan (ǫr-vínan)
- n. vinegar; drykkiar-ker fullt örvínans, … þá es Jesús hafði tekit örvínan, Hom. St. (John xix. 28 sqq.), now obsolete.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-vínan may be more accurately written as ǫr-vínan.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚢᛁᚾᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)