Völlr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - völlrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "völlr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
völlr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- völlr
- (gen. vallar, dat. velli; pl. vellir, acc. völlu), m.
- völlr
- 1) field, (level) ground (þar vöru víða vellir sléttir); kasta sér niðr við vellinum, to cast oneself down flat on the ground; leggja e-n við (or at) velli, to lay one level with the ground, kill one; hús mín liggja við velli, my house lies an the ground, is demolished; lauss á velli, loose in the ranks, not steady; fastr á velli, firm, steady; vígligr á velli at sjá, martial to look at; friðr, mikill á velli, of fine, stout, appearance;
- völlr
- 2) manured field, meadow (reiða á völl).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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