Völlr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - völlr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "völlr" (or vǫllr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

völlr (vǫllr): völlr, m. (Gen. vallar, n. Pl. vellir, A. Pl.völlu) fast og jevn Jordvold. Ghe. 13;El. 6010; Nj. 54 (8423); Band. 1720; =lat. campus Heilag. II, 5652; mods. akr:ef hann grefr völl til innan garðs (mods.sár vetrrug þar sem akr er) Landsl. 7, 99;om Engmark: slá átta stakka völl Flat.I, 522; bóndi þótti þurfa at láta geragarð um tún sítt fyrir þingmönnum, ateigi beitti þeir upp völlinn Vem. 1537;Nj. 78 (11425. 11519); Sighvatr gékk umvöll sínn upp frá húsum Sturl. I, 25324;þat var þá skírsla í þat mund, at gangaskyldi undir jarðarmen, þat torfa varristin ór velli; skyldu endarnir torf-unnar vera fastir í vellinum Laxd. 18(3724); sléttir vellir Fm. VII, 562; Bev.24252; El. 9138; SE. I, 20419; Gunl. 12(26616); vóru fyrst sléttir vellir ok þarnæst mörk mikil Flat. II, 257; komastá víðan völl dvs. paa fri Mark, Sturl. II,1924; stendr hann úti á sléttum velliSE. I, 20416 jvf Bev. 24252; hús e-sliggja við velli dvs. ere nedfaldne, Flat.I, 41033 fg; munklífi þat - var meðöllu niðr brotit ok at velli lagt Heilag.I, 54726; B. kastaði sér niðr við vell-inum, en spjótit fló yfir hann fram Nj.38 (5812); om vígvöllr: hasla, vita e-mvöll Herv. 2822; Vafþr. 18; þar var einnvöllr (&vl holmr) sem þeir skyldu ber-jast Bev. 26224. 26; verða þá opt skeinu-samir, ef menn varast þá eigi, en erulausir á velli, ef við þeim er horft Eg.54 (11211); Svíar munu ekki fastir ávelli (dvs. ikke holde Stand, naar de bliveangrebne) Flat. I, 14012 jvf Fm. XI, 2466;leggja e-n at, við velli dvs. fælde en, ladeham bide i Græsset, Nj. 79 (11710); Flat.III, 2453; vígligr á velli at sjá Eg. 6615614; jvf vallarsýn.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, völlr may be more accurately written as vǫllr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᛚᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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