Il
Old Norse Dictionary - il
Meaning of Old Norse word "il"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- il
- f., pl. iljar, the sole of the foot, planta pedis, Edda 110, Stj. 160, Hom. 17; hann steyptisk fyrir borð, ok sér í iljar honum, Edda 36, Grett. 141, Fms. iii. 101; millum hvirfils ok ilja, Sks. 159; undir ilinni á hægra fæti, Fms. viii. 265; neðan í ilina, Sturl. iii. 68, passim: in poetry, ilja gaupnir, the ‘gowpens,’ i. e. soles, of the feet, Þd.: the toes were in poetry called il-kvistir, m. ‘sole-twigs,’ and il-þorn, m. ‘sole-thorns,’ Am., Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)