Rolla
Old Norse Dictionary - rolla
Meaning of Old Norse word "rolla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word rolla can mean:rolla
- rolla
- u, f. [for. word; mid. Lat. rotula; Fr. rôle], a roll, scroll, Sturl. iii. 91, Bs. i. 799.
- rolla
- 2. an old lean scurvy ewe.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)