hváll
nafnorðkarlkyn
, hvoll, [akin to κύκλος; also akin to hvel, hválf, denoting what is convex, hägel]:—a hill; not much used, hóll () being the common word; but it is still used of a ‘dome-shaped’ hill; and in local names of farms lying under such hills, as Hváll in Saurbær in the west, Berg-þórs-hváll and Stórólfs-hváll in the south, Beigaðar-hváll in the north, ; Kálfs-hváll in the east, ; Orrostu-hváll, : Hváls-maðr, a man from H., ; þeir stefna upp á hválinn, 69; dalr var í hválinum ok riðu þeir þangat, 197; vér vildum á hválinn ok kómumk ekki, 22; hvála eðr hálsa, 315.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- mod.modern.
- Gr.Greek.
- prop.proper, properly.
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Dropl.Droplaugar-sona saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Róm.Rómverja saga. (E. II.)