Hol
Old Norse Dictionary - holMeaning of Old Norse word "hol" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hol
- n. [A. S. hol; Engl. hole, hollow; Dan. hule; Swed. håla; Germ. höhle, etc.]:—a hollow, cavity; lýstr vindinum ofan í holit verplanna, FmS. xi. 34, Boll. 340 (of a shield), but esp. a cavity of the body, BS. i. 385: á hol, (piercing) to the inwards, Nj. 60, Fb. i. 146; ef blóð má falla á hol ór sári, if it bleeds inwardly, Grág. ii. 11, Gullþ. 66, Band. 42 new Ed.; í hol, id., 91; inn í holit, of the chest, Edda 76, FS. 65; hit efra, neðra hol, the upper and nether hollow (i. e. the chest and stomach), n. G. l. i. 172, Sturl. iii. 54: a hole, = hola, stór hol, BS. i. 321, Rb. 440; grafinn með hol, Thom. 468.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Boll.
- Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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