Hæll
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hællMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hæll" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hæll Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hæll
- I)
- hæll
- (-s, -ar), m. heel;
- hæll
- hlaupa (fara, ganga) á hæla e-m, to follow at one’s heels;
- hæll
- hurð felir (lýkst) á hæla e-m, the door shuts (closes) upon one’s heels;
- hæll
- fara aptr á hæli, to return immediately;
- hæll
- hopa (fara) á hæl fyrir e-m, to retreat, recede before one.
- hæll
- II)
- hæll
- (-s, -ar), m.
- hæll
- 1) peg, pin;
- hæll
- 2) handle in a scythe-shaft (orf-~).
- hæll
- III)
- hæll
- m. a widow whose husband has been slain in battle.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛚᛚ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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