Þollr
Old Norse Dictionary - þollr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þollr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þollr can mean:þollr
- þollr
- m. [Ivar Aasen toll; cp. þöll, þella], a fir-tree, esp. a young fir, see Ivar Aasen, Edda (Gl.); but in poets of trees in general; er und þolli stendr, Vsp. (of an ash); ask-þollr, an ash-tree, Lex. poët.; álm-þollr, an elm-tree, id.
- þollr
- 2. [A. S. þol; Engl. thole], a wooden peg, Hým. 13 (the peg on which the cauldron was hung): esp. the thole of a row-boat, the pin on which an oar works, árar leika í þollum (Dan. told).
- þollr
- II. freq. in poët. circumlocutions of a man: poët. compds, hjálm-þollr, seim-þ., hring-þ., = a man, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- poët.
- poetically.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)