- "the wane of the moon" (perhaps
related to niðr – "down") +
Vellir (pl. of
völlr) – "fields": Dark Fields,
Downward Fields), also
called Myrkheimr (Myrkheimr...
-
Norse word Þingvǫllr
meaning the
meeting place of the ****embly, the
field (
vǫllr→wald, cf. the Old
English cognate weald) of the thing.
Tynwald meets annually...
- (at
least in the case of
similar examples such as Dingwall) may have been
vollr meaning field. A
ruined broch nearby may have been the
place of ****embly...
-
Norse pronunciation: [ˈθiŋɡˌwɔlːz̠]), from þing (“thing, ****embly”) and
vǫllr (“field”),
meaning ****embly fields.
Compare the
English thing and weald...
-
pronounced [θ]. The
thing means an ****embly or
court of
justice and the
vollr is a
field or plain. V'eh mee-lowit dy
enmys mwaagh er boayrd, as conning...
-
places or
farmsteads in Nordland. It is the
plural form of Old
Norse word
vǫllr (Norwegian:
field meadow).
Notable people with the
surname include: Esat...
- in Valdres. The name of the
district comes from the Old
Norse stem
words völlr (a
mountainous plain) and dres (a
cleaved road to be
ridden on by a horse)...
-
suggests he may have been a kinsman,
perhaps a son, of Mörðr Valgarðsson of
Völlr, a
chieftain who
plays a role in Njáls saga. He is
listed in Skáldatal among...
- the fjords", vik =
small and not deep fjord) vole
Probably from Old
Norse völlr (="field") wad from Old
Norse vaðmal wag
Probably from a
Scandinavian source...
- the word eid (Old Norse: eið) and the last
element is voll (Old Norse:
vǫllr)
which means "meadow" or "field". The
meaning of the word eid in this case...
