Völr
Old Norse Dictionary - völr
Meaning of Old Norse word "völr" (or vǫlr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word völr can mean:völr
- völr (vǫlr)
- m., gen. valar, dat. veli; pl. velir, acc. völu; [Ulf. walus = ράβδος, Luke ix. 3; whence valtr, velta, cp. also vala: the root word is Goth. walwian; Lat. volvere]:—a round stick, staff, Bév. 9 b; bítað þeim vápn né (enn?) velir, Hm.; Gríðar völr, Edda; in many compds, snar-völr, rið-völr (q. v.), hjálmun-völr, stjórn-völr, a helm, tiller; vánar-völr, a beggar’s staff; víg-völr, a weapon; torf-völr, q. v.
- völr (vǫlr)
- 2. also of a blunt, oval edge; in egg-völr, q. v.; cp. the mod. phrase, það er völr fyrir egginni, when the edge is not thin and keen, but thick and blunt.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, völr may be more accurately written as vǫlr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)