Drøvel

Old Danish Dictionary - drøvel

Meaning of Old Danish word "Drøvel", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Drøvel can mean:

  • no. Navnet er måske dannet som forkla- ring af scarus, gr. oxdeog, da det var en alm. antagelse i oldtiden, at. denne fisk tyggede drøv. Efter Krøyer, Dmrks. Fiske. II. 1109 er scarus miske =— crenilabrus merops L.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚯᚠᚽᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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