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.)
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