Val-göltr
Old Norse Dictionary - val-göltr
Meaning of Old Norse word "val-göltr" (or val-gǫltr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- val-göltr (val-gǫltr)
- m., poët. a helmet, Lex. poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, val-göltr may be more accurately written as val-gǫltr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚ-ᚴᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.