Grjót-páll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Grjót-páll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 grjót-páll

m. a stone hoe: metaph., vera e-s g., to break stones for one, do a stone-breaker’s work; þeir vóru knáligir menn ok vóru mjök grjótpálar fyrir búi Ósvífrs, Ld. 122; en Halli var grjótpáll fyrir málum hans, Valla L. 205.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᛁᚢᛏ-ᛒᛅᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.

Works & Authors

Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Valla L.
Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)
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