Hvílu-gólf
Old Norse Dictionary - hvílu-gólf
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvílu-gólf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvílu-gólf
- n. a bed closet, Fms. ii. 85, 197, Eg. 603, Dropl. 29, Háv. 31 new Ed., Gísl. 30, Ld. 138; also called lok-hvíla, cp. Gísl. 29, Eb.; thalamus is rendered by hvílugólf in Hom. (St.) 101.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛚᚢ-ᚴᚢᛚᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)