vala
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, the rolling knuckle-bone, talus, ἀστράγαλος; in these bones are dried and used for winding clews of yarn (þráðar-vala); in the old heathen times they seem to have been used for fortune-telling, whence the compds, völu-brjótr, a knuckle-breaker, a nickname, : völu-spakr, ‘knuckle-wise’ prophetic (?), (in a verse): völu-mæltr, talking thick, as if with a knuckle-bone rolling in one’s mouth: hvel-vala, a rolling pebble, ()
II. the name of a dog; vappaðu með mér, vala … keyrðu féð í hala, a ditty.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Lat.Latin.
- Gr.Greek.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- poët.poetically.
- Sd.Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Þd.Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)