Vellir
Old Norse Dictionary - vellir
Meaning of Old Norse word "vellir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vellir
- m. a seether, boiler; in eld-vellir = smoke, Hornklofi; lög-vellir = a cauldron, Hým.; reyk-vellir, ‘reek-weller’ = fire, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᛚᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.