Þöll

Old Norse Dictionary - þöll

Meaning of Old Norse word "þöll" (or þǫll) in English.

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

þöll (þǫll): f., gen. þallar (= þollr), a young fir-tree; hrörnar þöll er stendr þorpi á, Hm., Edda (Gl.): freq. in circumlocutory descriptions of women, bauga-þóll, auð-þöll, men-þöll, Lex. Poët.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

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

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