dvöl

stay

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I)

(gen. dvalar, pl. dvalar or dvalir), f.

1) short stay, stop; delay; eiga skamma dvöl, to make a short stay; meðan þessi dvöl (pause) var; bera til dvala, to cause delay;

2) in prosody, quantity.

II)

n. pl. delay; svá at engi skulu dvöl á vera, without delay; urðu dvöl dœgra, her life was prolonged.

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f., gen. dvalar, old pl. dvalar, mod. dvalir, [cp. ‘dwelling’ = delay, Engl. Ballads]

α. a short stay, stop; dvalir ok náttstaði, Stj. 294; eiga dvöl, to stop, Nj. 181; afhvarf manna ok dvalar (acc. pl.), Ld. 204; meðan þessi dvöl (pause) var, Fms. xi. 135: delay, iv. 179; bera til dvala, to cause delay, Fas. iii. 543:—used once as neut. pl., urðu dvöl dægra, Am. 102.

β. gramm. quantity, Skálda 175.