Dalr
Old Norse Dictionary - dalr
Meaning of Old Norse word "dalr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dalr
- m., gen. dalar, poët. a bow. Lex. poët.; this word has a different inflexion, and seems to be of a different root from the above; hence in poetry the hand is called dal-nauð, the need of (force applied to) the bow,’ and dal-töng, as the bow is bent by the hand.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.