Sí-valr
Old Norse Dictionary - sí-valr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sí-valr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sí-valr
- adj. [prop. the same as the early Dan. si-wal, early Swed. sifwal, si-hwalf; the word is therefore not from völr, but either from hválf (q. v.) or better from hverfa, by turning r into l, answering to O. H. G. sina-hwerpal, sin-werbal]:—round, of a stock, steeple, or the like; sívalr stokkr, Stj. 251; s. fiskr, opp. to flatr fiskr, Vm. 91: = ball-formed, jarðar mynd er sívallt, … sívallt yfirbragð vatns ok sjóvar, Rb. 466 (but rarely). síval-vaxinn, part. round of growth; lágr maðr ok s., Sturl. iii. 114.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁ-ᚢᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- opp.
- opposed.
- part.
- participle.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)