Gollurr
Old Norse Dictionary - gollurr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gollurr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gollurr
- m. the pericardium, Edda (Gl.) gollur-hús, n. id., Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 579; hence gollor-heimr, m., poët. the breast.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚᛚᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.