Böllr
Old Norse Dictionary - böllr
Meaning of Old Norse word "böllr" (or bǫllr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word böllr can mean:böllr
- böllr (bǫllr)
- m., gen. ballar, dat. belli, [Engl. ball; O. H. G. balla]:—a ball, globe: the ball, in the game of cricket, Gísl. 26 (in a verse, A. D. 963), but hardly ever used, knöttr being the common word: a globe, Al. 18; b. jarðar, SkS. 205 B; b. sólar, id., v. 1.: the front of a phalanx, belli svínfylktar fylkingar, 384 B: a small body of men, Lat. globus, FmS. viii. 406, where some MSS. read bjöllr, probably to avoid the ambiguity: a peak, mountain, in the local name Ballar-á, a farm in the west of Iceland, Eb.
- böllr (bǫllr)
- 2. anatom. the glans penis, Grág. ii. 16.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, böllr may be more accurately written as bǫllr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- natom.
- anatomically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)