Mar-döll

Old Norse Dictionary - mar-döll

Meaning of Old Norse word "mar-döll" (or mar-dǫll) in English.

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

mar-döll (mar-dǫll): or Mar-þöll, f. gen. Mardallar, one of the names of Freyja, Edda 21: prop. a mermaid, Jónas 151; Mardallar-grátr. the tears of M. = gold. Lex. Poët.; cp. the Mardallar-Saga in Maurer’s Volkssagen.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mar-döll may be more accurately written as mar-dǫll.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Jónas: Jónas Hallgrímsson.

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

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