Vil
Old Norse Dictionary - vil
Meaning of Old Norse word "vil"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vil
- n. pl., root vili, dat. viljum, the bowels; þau vil er fúnat hafa af sællífis krásum, 677. 9; ok er hann sundraði griðunginn knýtti hann tvá knúta á viljunum, Róm. 187 (a loose version of ‘pallida taetris viscera tincta notis,’ Lucan. Phars. i. 619, which, may be, the translator misread as ‘cincta nodis’); takið ór mér svangann ok langan, … takið ór mér svilin og vilin, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. (in a ditty).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)