Háll
Old Norse Dictionary - háll
Meaning of Old Norse word "háll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- háll
- adj., fem. hál, neut. hált, [different from hallr, q. v.; O. H. G. hâli; mid. H. G. hæli]:—slippery, of ice, glass, or the like, Eb. 120, 238, Fms. viii. 405, Nj. 144, Fb. ii. 327, Fs. 38, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- fem.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- neut.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)