vala
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
u, f. the rolling knuckle-bone, Lat. talus, Gr. ἀστράγαλος; in Icel. 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, m. a knuckle-breaker, a nickname, Sd.: völu-spakr, adj. ‘knuckle-wise’ prophetic (?), Edda (in a verse): völu-mæltr, adj. talking thick, as if with a knuckle-bone rolling in one’s mouth: hvel-vala, a rolling pebble, Þd. (poët.)
- II.
the name of a dog; vappaðu með mér, vala … keyrðu féð í hala, a ditty.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- poët.
- poetically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)