Hól
Old Norse Dictionary - hól
Meaning of Old Norse word "hól"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hól
- n. [A. S. hôl], praise, flattery, Hkr. ii. 88, Edda ii. 544, Pr. 110: boasting, vaunting, Nj. 237. hól-beri, a, m. a flatterer, Greg. 23, FmS. v. 194, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)