Spjall

Old Norse Dictionary - spjall

Meaning of Old Norse word "spjall" in English.

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

spjall
n. [Ulf. spill = μυθος; A. S. and Engl. spell; O. H. G. spel, hence mod. Germ. spiel]:—a ‘spell.’ saw, saying; hafa mart í spjalli, to treat of many things. Skáld H. 4. 10; and-spjall, an answer, reply; guð-spjall (q. v.), gospel:—else used in plur. and only in poetry: spjöll, words, tidings; forn spjöll, old words, old lore, of bygone days, Vsp 1. Hkv. 1. 36; ný spjöll, news, Hkv. Hjörv. 31; jó frá ek spjalla, asked him for news, Gkv. 2. 5; sunnan em ek kominn at segja spjöll þessi, FaS. i. 499 (in a verse); heilög spjöll, holy ‘spells,’ Skákl H. 7. 62; móðug spjöll, ‘moody spells,’ lamentations, Gh. 9; hermdar spjöll, angry words, Edda (in a verse); fé-spjöll, ‘fee-spells,’ Vsp. (see fé); vig-spjöll, war-news. Lex. Poët.; læ-spjöll, lewd spells.

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

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Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
plur.
plural.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Gh.
Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hkv. Hjörv.
Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skáld H.
Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
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