Mar-döll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mar-döll

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Mar-döll (Mar-dǫll)

or Mar-þöll, f. gen. Mardallar, one of the names of Freyja, Edda 21: prop. a mermaid, Jónas 151; Mardallar-grátr. the tears of M. = gold. Lex. Poët.; cp. the Mardallar-Saga in Maurer’s Volkssagen.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᛘᛅᚱ-ᛏᚢᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
gen.: genitive.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Jónas: Jónas Hallgrímsson.
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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