Fölr
Old Norse Dictionary - fölr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fölr" (or fǫlr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fölr (fǫlr)
- adj., old forms fölvan, fölvir, etc.; in mod. usage the v is left out, fölan, fölir, etc.; [A. S. fealo; O. H. G. falo; Old Engl. fallow; Dutch vaal; Germ. fahl and falb; cp. Lat. pallidus, Gr. πολιός]:—pale; fölr sem grass, pale as grass, Nj. 177; hann görði fölvan í andliti, Glúm. 342; fölr sem nár, pale as a corpse, Fb. ii. 136; fölr sem aska, pale as ashes, Þiðr. 171, 177: poët., fölvir oddar, the pale sword’s point, Hkv. 1. 52; fölr hestr, a pale horse (but rare), 2. 47; net-fölr, pale-nebbed, Am.; fölr um nasar, id., Alm. 2; ná-fölr, pale as a corpse.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fölr may be more accurately written as fǫlr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)