Definitions
Definitions
1 BIL
n., temp. a moment, twinkling of an eye; í því bili, Nj. 115; þat bil, that very moment, Stj. 149, 157, Fms. i. 45.
2 BIL
β. loc., Lat. intervallum, an open space left; b. er þarna, Fas. ii. 67; orðin standa eiga þétt (namely in writing), en þó bil á milli, an Icel. rhyme.
3 BIL
γ. the poetical compds such as biltrauðr, bilstyggr, bilgrönduðr …, (all of them epithets of a hero, fearless, dauntless,) point to an obsolete sense of the word, failure, fear, giving way, or the like; cp. bilbugr, bilgjarn, and the verb bila; cp. also tímabil, a period; millibil, distance; dagmálabil, hádegisbil, nónbil, etc., nine o’clock, full day-time, noon-time, etc.
4 BIL
II. fem. pr. name of a goddess, Lex. Poët.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
BIL
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "BIL" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).