þing-völlr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þing-völlr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr)

m. [cp. the Manx Tynwald, Shetland Tingwall]:—the ‘parliament-field,’ the place where a þing sat, it answers in sense to mod. ‘parliament-house’ but parliaments and courts of old time were held in the open air on a plain, hence the name; áðr sól er komin á þingvöll, Grág. i. 33; þá er næstir búa þingvellinum, 115, Fb. i. 191; þat er forn réttr, at únnaðr ór fylkjum öllum skolo göra vébönd hér á þingvelli, N. G. L. i. 127.

2 þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr)

II. a local name, Landn., Sturl.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

þᛁᚾᚴ-ᚢᚢᛚᛚᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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