Dvöl
Old Icelandic Dictionary - dvölMeaning of Old Icelandic word "dvöl" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
dvöl Old Icelandic word can mean:
- dvöl
- I)
- dvöl
- (gen. dvalar, pl. dvalar or dvalir), f.
- dvöl
- 1) short stay, stop; delay; eiga skamma dvöl, to make a short stay; meðan þessi ~ (pause) var; bera til dvala, to cause delay;
- dvöl
- 2) in prosody, quantity.
- dvöl
- II)
- dvöl
- n. pl. delay; svá at engi skulu ~ á vera, without delay; urðu ~ dœgra, her life was prolonged.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚢᛚ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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