- origin. It is a
contemporary form of
Halvard (Hallvard). From Old
Norse hallr (“flat stone”) and vorðr (“guardian”).
Halvor Birch (born 1885), Danish...
- Valhall.
According to many researchers[who?], the hǫll
element derives from
hallr, "rock", and
referred to an underworld, not a hall.
Valhalla is referenced...
-
concerning the
author candidate Hallr Teitsson, that, "His [
Hallr's]
father was a
foster brother of Ari the Learned, and
Hallr himself was the
fourth in line...
-
story of the town is that it may be
named after Egil Síðu-Hallsson, but
Hallr at Síða was a
captain in the east and an
uncle to
Rollo in France, but this...
-
Hallr of Hofstaðir, and
obtains gold in Finnmark,
where he
defeats some
dragons in a cave
north of Dumbshaf. When the men come back to Iceland,
Hallr...
- it is
derived from
halgh meaning an area of land at a border, Old
Norse hallr meaning a
slope or hill, or Old
English heall meaning a hall or mansion...
- the same laws and the
Christians choose a new
lawspeaker for themselves,
Hallr á Síðu. He
reaches an
agreement with Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði, the pagan...
- Inc. ISBN 9781624666339. Gade, Kari
Ellen (2017). "Rǫgnvaldr jarl and
Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill".
Skaldic Poetry of the
Scandinavian Middle Ages...
-
stanzas of Sighvatr's work now remain: the
first refers to the
killing of
Hallr Kleppjárnsson by Kálfr
Guttormsson in 1212, the
other to a
dream before...
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invasion force at
nearby Dore in 829. The name
Ecclesall (either from H****sel-
Hallr meaning the witches' hill, or
Eccles (church) halh (hollow)) is not mentioned...
