Vallari

Old Norse Dictionary - vallari

Meaning of Old Norse word "vallari" in English.

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

vallari: a, m. [from mid. Lat. wallus; cp. Germ. wallfahrten], prop. a pilgrim, traveller in a foreign land, hence a destitute person, tramp; eyða landit með mörgum stafkarlum ok öðrum vallarum, N. G. L. iii. 29; sem einn v., en nú er hann svá stollz ok svá ríkr, at …, Þiðr. 299; capra er skygn, svá at hón kennir hvárt eru vallarar eðr veiðimenn, sem einn v. ok forflóttamaðr …, Bret. 53; hann (Cain) raksk víða veraldar svá sem vallari, Stj. 43, 94, 113.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

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

L.: Linnæus.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

prop.: proper, properly.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)

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

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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