FÖLR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FÖLR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FÖLR

adj., old forms fölvan, fölvir, etc.; in mod. usage the v is left out, fölan, fölir, etc.; [A. S. fealo; O. H. G. falo; Old Engl. fallow; Dutch vaal; Germ. fahl and falb; cp. Lat. pallidus, Gr. πολιός]:—pale; fölr sem grass, pale as grass, Nj. 177; hann görði fölvan í andliti, Glúm. 342; fölr sem nár, pale as a corpse, Fb. ii. 136; fölr sem aska, pale as ashes, Þiðr. 171, 177: poët., fölvir oddar, the pale sword’s point, Hkv. 1. 52; fölr hestr, a pale horse (but rare), 2. 47; net-fölr, pale-nebbed, Am.; fölr um nasar, id., Alm. 2; ná-fölr, pale as a corpse.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᛚᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
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.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Alm.
Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
Am.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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