Hjallr

Old Norse Dictionary - hjallr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hjallr" in English.

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

hjallr Old Norse word can mean:

hjallr: m. [akin to hjalli], a scaffold, a frame of timber, Gísl. 31, Mar. 557, Hkr. ii. 175 (of a pedestal); seið-hjallr (q. v.), the scaffold on which witches sat.

hjallr: 2. a shed, esp. for drying clothes, fish, N. G. L, i. 137, H. E. i. 396, Vm. 174; fisk-h., a fish-shed; grinda-h., a shed of rails.

hjallr: COMPDS: hjallgrind, hjallviðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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