Definitionen
Definitionen
1 VÖLR
m., gen. valar, dat. veli; pl. velir, acc. völu; [Ulf. walus = ράβδος, Luke ix. 3; whence valtr, velta, cp. also vala: the root word is Goth. walwian; Lat. volvere]:—a round stick, staff, Bév. 9 b; bítað þeim vápn né (enn?) velir, Hm.; Gríðar völr, Edda; in many compds, snar-völr, rið-völr (q. v.), hjálmun-völr, stjórn-völr, a helm, tiller; vánar-völr, a beggar’s staff; víg-völr, a weapon; torf-völr, q. v.
2 VÖLR
2. also of a blunt, oval edge; in egg-völr, q. v.; cp. the mod. phrase, það er völr fyrir egginni, when the edge is not thin and keen, but thick and blunt.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
VÖLR
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "VÖLR" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.