Þing-völlr
Old Norse Dictionary - þing-völlr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þing-völlr" (or þing-vǫllr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þing-völlr can mean:þing-völlr
- þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr)
- m. [cp. the Manx Tynwald, Shetland Tingwall]:—the ‘parliament-field,’ the place where a þing sat, it answers in sense to mod. ‘parliament-house’ but parliaments and courts of old time were held in the open air on a plain, hence the name; áðr sól er komin á þingvöll, Grág. i. 33; þá er næstir búa þingvellinum, 115, Fb. i. 191; þat er forn réttr, at únnaðr ór fylkjum öllum skolo göra vébönd hér á þingvelli, n. G. L. i. 127.
- þing-völlr (þing-vǫllr)
- II. a local name, Landn., SturL.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þing-völlr may be more accurately written as þing-vǫllr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴ-ᚢᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)