Öron

Old Norse Dictionary - öron

Meaning of Old Norse word "öron" (or ǫron) in English.

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

öron (ǫron)
m. a kind of fish, a mackerel (?), (= ölun); tunna öron, D. N. iii. 688.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

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