Hjallr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hjallr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hjallr

m. [akin to hjalli], a scaffold, a frame of timber, Gísl. 31, Mar. 557, Hkr. ii. 175 (of a pedestal); seið-hjallr (q. v.), the scaffold on which witches sat.

2 hjallr

2. a shed, esp. for drying clothes, fish, N. G. L, i. 137, H. E. i. 396, Vm. 174; fisk-h., a fish-shed; grinda-h., a shed of rails.

3 hjallr

COMPDS: hjallgrind, hjallviðr.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛚᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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