Halli

Old Norse Dictionary - halli

Meaning of Old Norse word "halli"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

halli
a, m. [Ivar Aasen hall; cp. the Norse Fredriks-’hald’], a sloping, brink, declivity, Hem.; freq. in mod. usage: metaph. a drawback, loss of right.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛚᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Hem.
Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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