HLÓA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HLÓA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HLÓA

ð, [A. S. hlowan; Engl. low], to bellow, roar, of streams or cascades, Gm. 29, an απ. λεγ., but no doubt to be thus explained, and not as in Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛚᚢᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
S.: South, Southern.
απ. λεγ.: απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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