VÁLGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

VÁLGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 VÁLGR

adj., or better valgr, sounded volgr; [this word, so freq. in mod. usage, is not found in old writers (Fas. i. 84 is a paper MS.); they always use fjálgr (q. v.), identical in sense, but unknown in mod. Icel.; the mod. form, glóð-volgr, ember-hot, exactly answers to glóð-fjálgr’ of the Ýt.; in-fjálgr, Hkv., must be a false reading for ú-fjálgr = ofjelg, a word frequent in the mod. Norwegian dialects, meaning ‘un-warm,’ i. e. cold, chilly, dismal, see Ivar Aasen; in A. S. wealg occurs in a single instance, viz. in Gregory’s Pastorale of King Alfred, edited by Mr. Sweet]:—warm, luke-warm; en með því þú ert volgr, og hvorki kaldr né heitr, mun ek út-skirpa þér af mínum munni, Rev. iii. 16; it is in rendering this very passage that king Alfred (l. c.) uses wealgh, so there can be no doubt as to the identity of the A. S. and Icel. word: passim in mod. usage, volg mjólk, volgt blóð, glóð-volgr, spen-volgr; spenvolg mjólk, milk warm from the cow.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅᛚᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
South, Southern.
sing
singular.
v.
vide, verb.
viz
videlicet.
viz.
videlicet.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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