bál
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[old bale, a beacon-fagot, Lay of Last Minstrel 3. 27 note].
I. a flame, 199, 100, 45 ()II. rogus, a pyre, funeral pile; hlaða b., rogum struere, 314, 264; v. 328, for burning dead bodies; a funeral pile in the old heathendom, til brands eðr báls, an old law term, ad urnam, i. 50: the phrase, vega e-n á bal, or, bera á bal, to carry to the pyre, 14, 54, i. () 487; graphical description of those funerals, vide 37, 38 (Baldrsbrenna), i. () 204; 333, 27; also the funeral of the mythical king Sigurd Ring, recorded by Arngrim Lærde in his Supplementum ad Compendium Hist. Norv. (composed 1597), probably taken from a lost leaf of Skjöldunga Saga (Sögubrot), and mentioned by Munch, Norske Folks Hist. i. 274: of a foaming wind, wrath, —bálviðri, and balhvass, bálreiðr, ,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Scot.Scottish.
- i. e.id est.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- Lat.Latin.
- esp.especially.
- cp.compare.
- ch.chapter.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- mod.modern.
- etc.et cetera.
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vkv.Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Vþm.Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Hervar. S.Hervarar saga. (C. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Völs. S.Völsunga saga. (C. II.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Yngl. S.Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)