Héla
Old Norse Dictionary - hélaMeaning of Old Norse word "héla" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- héla
- d, to be covered with rime, Edda 3; hlýr hélir, Lex. poët.: part. héldr, icy, poët. epithet of ships, the sea; héldir húfar, hélt haf, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- part.
- participle.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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