Öl-selja

Old Norse Dictionary - öl-selja

Meaning of Old Norse word "öl-selja" (or ǫl-selja) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

öl-selja (ǫl-selja)
u, f. a female cup-bearer, Eg. 210, Lex. Poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öl-selja may be more accurately written as ǫl-selja.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚ-ᛋᛁᛚᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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