Páll

Old Norse Dictionary - páll

Meaning of Old Norse word "páll" in English.

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

páll Old Norse word can mean:

páll
m. [Lat. pālus, qs. paglus; Engl. pole; Fr. pelle; mid. Lat. pala, see Du Cange]:—a kind of hoe or spade for digging earth or peat, for a drawing of which see Eggert Itin., tab. viii, fig. 4; pála eðr rekur, K. Þ. K. 38; páll ok reka, Ám. 34; hafa pál ok reku. Ísl. ii. 193; gengu í fjós ok tóku þar pál ok reku, Dropl. 28; þá tók Clement graftól í hönd sér ok hjó tysvar pálinum niðr, Clem. 46; Klaufi saxar í sundr baggana með páli, Sd. 157.
páll
2. a pale, D. n. i. 527.
páll
COMPDS: pálstunga, páltorfa.

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

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Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Ám.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Clem.
Clements Saga. (F. III.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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