Röðull
Old Norse Dictionary - röðull
Meaning of Old Norse word "röðull" (or rǫðull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word röðull can mean:röðull
- röðull (rǫðull)
- m., dat. röðli, poët.:—a halo, glory; verðr hann kórónaðr með gulligum röðli, Sks. 39; skínandi röðull, 41:—the sun, Lex. poët. passim: as also the compd álf-röðull:—röðlar, pl. = the saints; lesi bjartar þeir bækr ok röðla, Merl.
- röðull (rǫðull)
- II. an edge or crest, of a hill, cliff, or the like, freq. in mod. usage-; brekku-röðull, fjalls-r., the crest of a hill, fell.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, röðull may be more accurately written as rǫðull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚦᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)