Þing-völlr

Old Norse Dictionary - þing-völlr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þing-völlr" (or þing-vǫllr) in English.

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

þing-völlr Old Norse word can mean:

þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr): m. [cp. the Manx Tynwald, Shetland Tingwall]:—the ‘parliament-field,’ the place where a þing sat, it answers in sense to mod. ‘parliament-house’ but parliaments and courts of old time were held in the open air on a plain, hence the name; áðr sól er komin á þingvöll, Grág. i. 33; þá er næstir búa þingvellinum, 115, Fb. i. 191; þat er forn réttr, at únnaðr ór fylkjum öllum skolo göra vébönd hér á þingvelli, n. G. L. i. 127.

þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr): II. a local name, Landn., SturL.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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