Spölr
Old Norse Dictionary - spölr
Meaning of Old Norse word "spölr" (or spǫlr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spölr can mean:spölr
- spölr (spǫlr)
- m., pl. spelir, gen. spala, acc. spölu (the gen. spalar and dat. speli hardly occur); [cp. Fr. espalier]:—a rail, bar, lattice-work; smugu þeir milli spalanna, Edda 30; ró-spölr, q. v.: bring-spelir (q. v.), ‘breast spars.’
- spölr (spǫlr)
- 2. metaph. a bit, short piece; hefja upp sögu ok segja af spöl nokkurn, a bit of the story, Fms. vi. 355: a bit of a road, Bb. 3. 19.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, spölr may be more accurately written as spǫlr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚢᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)