Hóll
Old Norse Dictionary - hóll
Meaning of Old Norse word "hóll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hóll
- m. contracted for hváll (q. v.), and the usual form in old MSS.:—a hill, hillock, Eg. 744, FmS. ii. 197, vii. 71, Orkn. 300, Nj. 67, Ld. 154 (see dalr), Gullþ. 28, Al. 28, Karl. 211, Fb. i. 421, Róm. 315, FS. 27: the phrases, dal og hól, dale and hill; hólar og hæðir; álf-hóll, an elf-hill, fairy mount; orrostu-hóll, víg-hóll, a battle-hill; sjávar-hólar, sand-hills (dunes or denes) on the shore; grjót-hóll, a stone heap, passim: freq. in local names, Hóll and Hólar; Hóla-biskup, Hóla-staðr, etc., the bishop, see of Holar, Sturl.; Reykja-hólar, Staðar-hóll, Landn. passim. The older form remains in a few instances, see that word.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)