Vala
Old Norse Dictionary - vala
Meaning of Old Norse word "vala"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vala can mean:vala
- vala
- u, f. the rolling knuckle-bone, Lat. talus, Gr. ἀστράγαλος; in Icel. these bones are dried and used for winding clews of yarn (þráðar-vala); in the old heathen times they seem to have been used for fortune-telling, whence the compds, völu-brjótr, m. a knuckle-breaker, a nickname, Sd.: völu-spakr, adj. ‘knuckle-wise’ prophetic (?), Edda (in a verse): völu-mæltr, adj. talking thick, as if with a knuckle-bone rolling in one’s mouth: hvel-vala, a rolling pebble, Þd. (poët.)
- vala
- II. the name of a dog; vappaðu með mér, vala … keyrðu féð í hala, a ditty.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)