Val-höll
Old Norse Dictionary - val-höll
Meaning of Old Norse word "val-höll" (or val-hǫll)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word val-höll can mean:val-höll
- val-höll (val-hǫll)
- f. the Hall of the Slain, Walhalla, see Edda, Gm., Hdl., Em., Hkm., Skíða R., Nj. 132, HkR. i. 161, Fas. i. 424.
- val-höll (val-hǫll)
- II. a foreign hall, of king Atli, Akv. 2. 14.
- val-höll (val-hǫll)
- 2. the name of one of the booths in the Icel. Althing, Sturl. ii. 126; see búð.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, val-höll may be more accurately written as val-hǫll.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚ-ᚼᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- R.
- Rimur.
- v.
- vide.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Em.
- Eiríks-mál. (A. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hkm.
- Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)