Bæli
Old Norse Dictionary - bæli
Meaning of Old Norse word "bæli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bæli can mean:bæli
- bæli
- n. [ból],
- bæli
- 1. in the Norse sense, a farm, dwelling, = býli, Gþl: 452.
- bæli
- 2. in the Icel. sense, a den, Fas. ii. 231, of a vulture’s nest; arnar-bæli, an eyry, a freq. local name of farms in Icel., Landn.; dreka-bæli, orms-bæli, a dragon’s lair, serpent’s den, Edda; even used of the lair of an outlaw, Grett. 132 (Grettis-bæli), Ld. 250.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)