Vellir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vellir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vellir

m. a seether, boiler; in eld-vellir = smoke, Hornklofi; lög-vellir = a cauldron, Hým.; reyk-vellir, ‘reek-weller’ = fire, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᛚᛚᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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