Spjall
Old Norse Dictionary - spjall
Meaning of Old Norse word "spjall"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- spjall
- n. [Ulf. spill = μυθος; A. S. and Engl. spell; O. H. G. spel, hence mod. Germ. spiel]:—a ‘spell.’ saw, saying; hafa mart í spjalli, to treat of many things. Skáld H. 4. 10; and-spjall, an answer, reply; guð-spjall (q. v.), gospel:—else used in plur. and only in poetry: spjöll, words, tidings; forn spjöll, old words, old lore, of bygone days, Vsp 1. Hkv. 1. 36; ný spjöll, news, Hkv. Hjörv. 31; jó frá ek spjalla, asked him for news, Gkv. 2. 5; sunnan em ek kominn at segja spjöll þessi, FaS. i. 499 (in a verse); heilög spjöll, holy ‘spells,’ Skákl H. 7. 62; móðug spjöll, ‘moody spells,’ lamentations, Gh. 9; hermdar spjöll, angry words, Edda (in a verse); fé-spjöll, ‘fee-spells,’ Vsp. (see fé); vig-spjöll, war-news. Lex. Poët.; læ-spjöll, lewd spells.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- plur.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Skáld H.
- Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)