HÓLL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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1 HÓLL

m. contracted for hváll (q. v.), and the usual form in old MSS.:—a hill, hillock, Eg. 744, Fms. ii. 197, vii. 71, Orkn. 300, Nj. 67, Ld. 154 (see dalr), Gullþ. 28, Al. 28, Karl. 211, Fb. i. 421, Róm. 315, Fs. 27: the phrases, dal og hól, dale and hill; hólar og hæðir; álf-hóll, an elf-hill, fairy mount; orrostu-hóll, víg-hóll, a battle-hill; sjávar-hólar, sand-hills (dunes or denes) on the shore; grjót-hóll, a stone heap, passim: freq. in local names, Hóll and Hólar; Hóla-biskup, Hóla-staðr, etc., the bishop, see of Holar, Sturl.; Reykja-hólar, Staðar-hóll, Landn. passim. The older form remains in a few instances, see that word.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
bisk: bishop.
ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
e. g.: exempli gratia.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
Hel.: Heliand.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
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.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
mid. H. G.: Middle High German.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
pr.: proper.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.
þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Hálfs S.: Hálfs Saga. (C. II.)
Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Jómsv. S.: Jómsvíkinga Saga. (E. I.)
Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Skáld H.: Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Völs. S.: Völsunga Saga. (C. II.)
Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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