Sólar-öld
Old Norse Dictionary - sólar-öld
Meaning of Old Norse word "sólar-öld" (or sólar-ǫld)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sólar-öld (sólar-ǫld)
- f. the solar cycle (twenty-eight years), Rb. passim.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sólar-öld may be more accurately written as sólar-ǫld.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛅᚱ-ᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)