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.