Þollr

Old Norse Dictionary - þollr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þollr" in English.

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

þollr Old Norse word can mean:

þollr: m. [Ivar Aasen toll; cp. þöll, þella], a fir-tree, esp. a young fir, see Ivar Aasen, Edda (Gl.); but in poets of trees in general; er und þolli stendr, Vsp. (of an ash); ask-þollr, an ash-tree, Lex. poët.; álm-þollr, an elm-tree, id.

þollr: 2. [A. S. þol; Engl. thole], a wooden peg, Hým. 13 (the peg on which the cauldron was hung): esp. the thole of a row-boat, the pin on which an oar works, árar leika í þollum (Dan. told).

þollr: II. freq. in poët. circumlocutions of a man: poët. compds, hjálm-þollr, seim-þ., hring-þ., = a man, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

esp.: especially.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

poët.: poetically.

þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

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