Ör-kola
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-kolaMeaning of Old Norse word "ör-kola" (or ǫr-kola) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ör-kola Old Norse word can mean:
- ör-kola (ǫr-kola)
- adj. out-burnt, extinguished, of coals burnt to ashes.
- ör-kola (ǫr-kola)
- 2. metaph., vetr görðisk því verri sem meirr leið á, ok verðr örkola fyrir mörgum, Ísl. ii. 134; hence the mod. phrase, vera úrkula vonar um e-ð, to be past hope.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-kola may be more accurately written as ǫr-kola.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚴᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
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