BÖLLR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BÖLLR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BÖLLR

m., gen. ballar, dat. belli, [Engl. ball; O. H. G. balla]:—a ball, globe: the ball, in the game of cricket, Gísl. 26 (in a verse, A. D. 963), but hardly ever used, knöttr being the common word: a globe, Al. 18; b. jarðar, Sks. 205 B; b. sólar, id., v. 1.: the front of a phalanx, belli svínfylktar fylkingar, 384 B: a small body of men, Lat. globus, Fms. viii. 406, where some MSS. read bjöllr, probably to avoid the ambiguity: a peak, mountain, in the local name Ballar-á, a farm in the west of Iceland, Eb.

2 BÖLLR

2. anatom. the glans penis, Grág. ii. 16.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᛚᛚᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.: Anno Domini.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gen.: genitive.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
natom.: anatomically.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
prob: probable, probably.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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