Note 366 — Chapter III · REYKJAVIK[359]—THE SUBURBS—THE LODGING-HOUSE—THE CLUB AND THE WAY WE SPEND THE DAY.
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The word Völlr (plur. Vellir, and gen. pl. Valla) means a field, and is akin to the German Wald. It often occurs in the plural, e.g., Reyni-vellir (Rowan plains); and “Thing-valla,” the foreign way of writing, is properly Thingvellir.