Öllum-lengri
Old Norse Dictionary - öllum-lengriMeaning of Old Norse word "öllum-lengri" (or ǫllum-lengri) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
öllum-lengri Old Norse word can mean:
- öllum-lengri (ǫllum-lengri)
- longest of all, local name of a fiord in the deserts of Greenland, A.A. 306; again discovered in 1870, and called Franz Joseph’s fiord, see Maurer in Augsb. Allgem. Zeit. 29th Oct. 1870.
- öllum-lengri (ǫllum-lengri)
- 2. name of an island, Edda, Gl. (perh. by a mistake).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öllum-lengri may be more accurately written as ǫllum-lengri.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᛚᚢᛘ-ᛚᛁᚾᚴᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- perh.
- perhaps.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)