Grjót-páll
Old Norse Dictionary - grjót-páll
Meaning of Old Norse word "grjót-páll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grjót-páll
- m. a stone hoe: metaph., vera e-s g., to break stones for one, do a stone-breaker’s work; þeir vóru knáligir menn ok vóru mjök grjótpálar fyrir búi Ósvífrs, Ld. 122; en Halli var grjótpáll fyrir málum hans, Valla L. 205.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᚢᛏ-ᛒᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)