Seyðir

Old Norse Dictionary - seyðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "seyðir" in English.

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

seyðir: m. [sjóða; cp. A. S. seâd; mid. H. G. sôt = a pit], a cooking-fire, prop. the fire-pit, as seen from the passage in Landn.; as also from the phrase, raufa seyðinn, to break up the seyði; en er þeir hyggja at soðit mun vera raufa þeir seyðinn, ok var ekki soðit, id.; hence metaph., þann seyði raufar þú þar, at betri væri at eigi ryki, to rip up old sores, Ld. 208; varðar eigi þótt sá seyðr rjúki, never mind, let that fire smoke. FmS. vi. 105; þar sér hrófit ok svá seyði þeirra, Landn. 30; in the Edda (Gl.) seyðir is among the synonyms of fire; hann kvaðsk ráða því er ekki soðnaði á seyðinum, Edda 45; bera oxa á seyði, to put an ox on the fire, roast it, Hým. 15; göra seyði, to make a fire for cooking, Eg. 222; búa til seyðis, to make ready for the roasting-fire, Nj. 199; þeir taka einn oxann ok snúa til seyðis, Edda 45: in local names, Seyðis-fjörðr or Seyðar-fjörðr, in eastern Icel.; whence Seyðfirðingar, m. pl. the men from S., Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

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

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mid. H. G.: middle High German.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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