Af-dalr
Old Norse Dictionary - af-dalr
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-dalr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-dalr
- m. an ‘off-dale,’ remote valley; freq. in tales and rhymes of hidden valleys, esp. in pl., e. g. Hvað hét hundr karls er í afdölum bjó, in a nursery rhyme, K. Þ. K. 38, Fms. v. 183.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛏᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)