Ör-vínan

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-vínan

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-vínan" (or ǫr-vínan) in English.

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

ör-vínan (ǫr-vínan)
n. vinegar; drykkiar-ker fullt örvínans, … þá es Jesús hafði tekit örvínan, Hom. St. (John xix. 28 sqq.), now obsolete.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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