völlr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, vallar, velli; vellir, valla, völlu, velli; [ völlr and wald = wood seem to be the same word; the change in the sense from wood to field being much the same as in mörk]:—a field; knáttu Vanir völlu sporna, 28; vaxinn völlum hæri, 36; völlu algræna, 13; þar vóru víða vellir sléttir, vii. 56; þeir sátu úti at skemtan sinni á völlum nökkurum, vi. 141; þar var torfa ristin ór velli … fastir í vellinum, 58; kasta sér niðr við vellinum, flat on the ground, 58; leggja e-n við velli, to lay one level with the ground, v. 236; or at velli, 117; hús min liggja við velli, lies on the ground, is demolished, iii. 144; hasla e-m völl, 273 (see hasla); lauss á velli, loose in the ranks, not steady, 293; fastr á velli, firm, steady. xi. 246; vígligr á velli at sjá, warlike to look at, 475; so, fríðr, mikill … á velli, of fine, stout … appearance; miklir at vallar-sýn. big in outward appearance, 66, ; víg-völlr, a battle-field; þing-völlr, ; þreskj-öldr.
2. a close or paddock; at úsánum ok úbreiddum völlum, unsown and unmanured fields, 193; reiða á völl, ; slá átta stakka völl, i. 522; tún-völlr, II. in local names, Völlr and Vellir, Rangár-vellir.: vallargarðr.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- mod.modern.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Germ.German.
- v. l.varia lectio.
- q. v.quod vide.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
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- Akv.Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)