Sáðir

Old Norse Dictionary - sáðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "sáðir" in English.

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

sáðir Old Norse word can mean:

sáðir
f. pl. bran; hleifr þrunginn sáðum, a bran-loaf, the diet of bondmen, Rm. 4; blanda sáðum við brauð, Stj. 263; verða mönnum jamndýrar sáðar eða ok dýrri en hreint korn, Sks. 323 B; hey ok sáðir, Stj. 136; hann gaf þeim (the camels) hey ok sáðir, id.; sundrlyndis sáðir, 192: the old writers distinguish between the neut. sáð and the fem. sáðir; the neut. sing. sáðin (bran), Fél. ii. 145, l. 23 sqq., is therefore wrongly used for sáðir.
sáðir
COMPDS: sáðahleifr.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
fem.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
neut.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
sing.
singular.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.
Félags-rit.
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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