Hrökkvi-áll
Old Norse Dictionary - hrökkvi-áll
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrökkvi-áll" (or hrǫkkvi-áll)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrökkvi-áll (hrǫkkvi-áll)
- m. a wriggling eel, poët. for a snake, Bragi: hrökkvi-skafl, m., poët. = brák (q. v.), a tanner’s tool, Fms. vi. (in a verse): hrökkvi-vöndr, m. a whip, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hrökkvi-áll may be more accurately written as hrǫkkvi-áll.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴᚢᛁ-ᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.