Valir

m. pl. the inhabitants of France (other than the Franks); Vala málmr, Vala ript, gold or costly stuff from France.

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m. pl. [A. S. Walas or Wealas; mid. Lat. Wallus], the ‘Welsh,’ esp. the Celtic people in France, Frakkar, Flæmingjar, Valir (Franks, Flemings, Walloons), Symb. 18; Völum Kjarr, Cear ruled the ‘Welsh,’ Fas. i. (in a verse); Valir ok Bretar, Art.; allir Valirnir undruðusk, the ‘Welsh,’ i. e. French, Karl. 35.

II. spec. usages; Vala málmr, ‘Welsh’ ore, i. e. gold, Hdl. 8, Fas. iii. 31 (in a verse); Vala ript, a texture of the ‘Welsh,’ i. e. foreign, costly texture, Skv. 3. 63; Vala mengi, a host of ‘Welsh,’ id.