Völlr
Old Norse Dictionary - völlrMeaning of Old Norse word "völlr" (or vǫllr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
völlr Old Norse word can mean:
- völlr (vǫllr)
- m., gen. vallar, dat. velli; pl. vellir, gen. valla, acc. völlu, mod. velli; [Icel. völlr and Germ. wald = wood seem to be the same word; the change in the sense from wood to field being much the same as in mörk]:—a field; knáttu Vanir völlu sporna, Vsp. 28; vaxinn völlum hæri, 36; völlu algræna, Akv. 13; þar vóru víða vellir sléttir, Fms. v.i. 56; þeir sátu úti at skemtan sinni á völlum nökkurum, vi. 141; þar var torfa ristin ór velli … fastir í vellinum, Ld. 58; kasta sér niðr við vellinum, flat on the ground, Nj. 58; leggja e-n við velli, to lay one level with the ground, Fms. v. 236; or at velli, Nj. 117; hús min liggja við velli, lies on the ground, is demolished, Fms. iii. 144; hasla e-m völl, Eg. 273 (see hasla); lauss á velli, loose in the ranks, not steady, Eg. 293; fastr á velli, firm, steady. Fms. xi. 246; vígligr á velli at sjá, warlike to look at, Eg. 475; so, fríðr, mikill … á velli, of fine, stout … appearance; miklir at vallar-sýn. big in outward appearance, Nj. 66, v. l.; víg-völlr, a battle-field; þing-völlr, q. v.; þreskj-öldr.
- völlr (vǫllr)
- 2. a close or paddock; at úsánum ok úbreiddum völlum, unsown and unmanured fields, Jb. 193; reiða á völl, Grág.; slá átta stakka völl, Fb. i. 522; tún-völlr, Korm.
- völlr (vǫllr)
- II. freq. in local names, Völlr and Vellir, Rangár-vellir.
- völlr (vǫllr)
- COMPDS: vallargarðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, völlr may be more accurately written as vǫllr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.