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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
bǫl = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
bǫl = 'misfortune', 'evil', 'bale' [2] [3]
böl = 'bale', 'misfortune' [4] [5]
Gothic
balwa- = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
balv = 'misfortune', 'evil', 'bale' [6]
Old High German
balu = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
palo = 'misfortune', 'evil', 'bale' [6]
Old Saxon
balu = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
Old Frisian
balu = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
Anglo-Saxon
bealo = 'misfortune', 'evil', 'bale' [6]
Old English
bealu = 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' [1]
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| VERK | see Bǫlverkr |
| ÞORN | see Bǫlþorn |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)