Deild

Old Norse Dictionary - deild

Meaning of Old Norse word "deild" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

deild Old Norse word can mean:

deild: (deilþ, deilð), f.

deild: 1. a deal, dole, share. Edda 147: fara at deildum, to be parcelled out. Orkn. 88, Ísl. ii. 337 (a portion of meat); göra d., to give a dole, n. G. l. i. 142; the phrase. fá illt ór deildum, to get a bad share, be worsted, Sighvat (in a verse).

deild: 2. dealings; harðar deildir, hard dealings, Fbr. (in a verse); sannar deildir, just dealings, Lex. Poët.; ill-deildir, ill dealings; grip-deildir, dealings of a robber, robbery; skap-deild, temper.

deild: 3. seldom used of fighting with weapons (n. G. l. i. 64), but freq. of a lawsuit (þing-deild), Nj. 138, 141, 86, 36, Eg. 738, FmS. vi. 361, viii. 268, Gþl. 475: the parliamentary phrase, leggja mál í deild, to ‘lay a case under division’ in court (cp. leggja mál í gørð), a phrase which recalls to mind the English parliamentary phrases ‘division’ and ‘divide.’ Sturl. i. 59; leggja mál til deildar, id., Laxd. 204 (MS., Ed. deilu).

deild: β. cp. also local names, Deildar-tunga, -hvammr, -hjalli, Landn., Sturl.

deild: γ. in Icel. a boundary river is often called Deild or Deildar-á, Deildar-lækr, etc.; or of other boundary places, Deildar-hvammr, etc.

deild: δ. metaph., í aðra d., þriðju d., etc., secondly, thirdly, etc., Stj. 9, 21.

deild: COMPDS: deildararfr, deildarlið, deildarmaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛁᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

n.: neuter.

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

S.: Saga.

etc.: et cetera.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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