Ballr

Old Norse Dictionary - ballr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ballr" in English.

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

ballr: adj. [Goth. balþs, audax, may be supposed from Jornandes, ob audaciam virtutis baltha, id est audax, nomen inter suos acceperat, 109; Ulf. renders παρρησία by balþis, f., and balþjan is audere; in Icel. the lþ (lth) becomes ll; A. S. beald, audax; Engl. bold]:—bard, stubborn: only used in poetry, and not in quite a good sense, as an epithet of a giant, Hým. 17; böll ráð, telling, fatal schemes, Hom. 27 ; ballir draumar, bad, deadly dreams, Vtkv. I; ballr dólgr, Haustl.; böll þrá, heavy grief, LS. 39, etc., vide Lex. Poët. [So old German names, Bald, Leo-pold, etc.]

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Vtkv.: Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)

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