Páll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Páll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 páll

m. [Lat. pālus, qs. paglus; Engl. pole; Fr. pelle; mid. Lat. pala, see Du Cange]:—a kind of hoe or spade for digging earth or peat, for a drawing of which see Eggert Itin., tab. viii, fig. 4; pála eðr rekur, K. Þ. K. 38; páll ok reka, Ám. 34; hafa pál ok reku. Ísl. ii. 193; gengu í fjós ok tóku þar pál ok reku, Dropl. 28; þá tók Clement graftól í hönd sér ok hjó tysvar pálinum niðr, Clem. 46; Klaufi saxar í sundr baggana með páli, Sd. 157.

2 páll

2. a pale, D. N. i. 527.

3 páll

COMPDS: pálstunga, páltorfa.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛅᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
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.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mid. Lat.: Middle Latin.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
qs.: quasi.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Clem.: Clements Saga. (F. III.)
D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Pm.: Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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