Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Vala

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

2 Definitioner

1 vala

u, f. the rolling knuckle-bone, Lat. talus, Gr. ἀστράγαλος; in Icel. these bones are dried and used for winding clews of yarn (þráðar-vala); in the old heathen times they seem to have been used for fortune-telling, whence the compds, völu-brjótr, m. a knuckle-breaker, a nickname, Sd.: völu-spakr, adj. ‘knuckle-wise’ prophetic (?), Edda (in a verse): völu-mæltr, adj. talking thick, as if with a knuckle-bone rolling in one’s mouth: hvel-vala, a rolling pebble, Þd. (poët.)

2 vala

II. the name of a dog; vappaðu með mér, vala … keyrðu féð í hala, a ditty.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

vala

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "vala" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
f.: feminine.
Gr.: Greek.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
prop: properly.

Verk & Författare

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Þd.: Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)

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