Ölun

Old Norse Dictionary - ölun

Meaning of Old Norse word "ölun" (or ǫlun) in English.

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

ölun Old Norse word can mean:

ölun (ǫlun): 1. f. = öln or alin, [Lat. ulnus], the fore-arm: in compds, ölun-grjót, the arm-stones, poët. = gems and gold.

ölun (ǫlun): 2. m. a kind of fish, the mackerel (?), Edda (Gl.): in poët. phrases, ölna-vangr, ölna skeið, -fold, -bekkr, = the sea; jarðar-ölun, the earth-fish, i. e. the snake, Lex. poët.; ölun-grund, ölun-jörð, = the sea. id.; alna-vágr, mackerel-ponds; alna váð, a mackerel-net, D. N.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Lat.: Latin.

poët.: poetically.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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