Öllum-lengri

Old Norse Dictionary - öllum-lengri

Meaning 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.)
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