Hilla

Old Norse Dictionary - hilla

Meaning of Old Norse word "hilla"

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

hilla
t, in the phrase, það hillir undir e-ð, to be (as it were) upheaved or lifted in the air, e. g. of an object (a person, tree) seen on the edge of a hill against the sky, e. g. það hillir undir hann á brúninni.

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

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e. g.
exempli gratia.

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