Vellir

Old Norse Dictionary - vellir

Meaning of Old Norse word "vellir" in English.

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

vellir: m. a seether, boiler; in eld-vellir = smoke, Hornklofi; lög-vellir = a cauldron, Hým.; reyk-vellir, ‘reek-weller’ = fire, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

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

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