Segl

Old Norse Dictionary - segl

Meaning of Old Norse word "segl" in English.

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

segl Old Norse word can mean:

segl: n. [A. S. segel; Engl. sail; Germ. segel; Dan. seil]:—a sail, Sj. 135; vinda, draga segl, to hoist sail, Hkv. 1. 29, Ó. H. 136, 137, 170; setja upp segl, FmS. ix. 10; taka til segls, Ó. H. 140; leggja ofan segl, 170; hella (to reef) segl, 182, Nj. 135, FmS. ix. 285, Fb. ii. 583; hleypa segli ór heflum, Ó. H. 182; hleypa ofan segli, id.; hlaða (to furl) seglum, FmS. viii. 135; nú lægir seglin þeirra, Ó. H. 182, passim. The ancients took pride in costly sails woven or embroidered with stripes and figures in various colours (vöndr, segl stafað vendi), stafat segl, FmS. i. 301; segl blá-stafat, x. 345; stöfuð segl með ymsum litum, xi. 437; seglin vóru stöfuð öll með blá ok rauðu ok grænu, Ó. H. 161; segl stafat vendi blám ok rauðum, Eg. 68, Ó. H. 113, 124; var seglit hvítt sem drift ok stafat rauðu ok blá með vendi, 170, Orkn. ch. 116, and passim: such sails were a fit gift to a king, see the narrative in FmS. vi, Har. S. harðr. ch. 100; at menn sendi konungi vingjafir, hauka, hesta, tjöld eðr segl, Ó. H. 126; hence the poets call the sail a ‘tablet’ (skript): poët. a ship is called segl-hundr, -marr, -vigg, sail-hound, sail-steed, Lex. poët.

segl: COMPDS: seglbót, seglbúinn, segllaun, seglrá, seglreiði, segltækr, seglviðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

ch.: chapter.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

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

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

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

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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