Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BÖLLR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 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.

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Runic Inscription

BÖLLR

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "BÖLLR" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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