Mýll
Old Norse Dictionary - mýll
Meaning of Old Norse word "mýll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mýll
- m. a ball; kalla stein eðr epli, hnot eðr mýl eðr líkt, Edda 109; hón selr Hauki mýla tvá … mýlarnir kerlingar, Fb. i. 581; herði-mýll, a ‘hard ball’ = a stone, Bragi: poët., mýll geðvangs, the ball of the breast = the heart, Ht. (R.): a ball in the stomach of animals, mýll er vér svá köllum, Fél. viii. 64.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)