Síl

Old Norse Dictionary - síl

Meaning of Old Norse word "síl" in English.

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

síl: mod. síli, n. [perh. akin to sili, seil, from its slim shape]:—a kind of herring, corregonus albula, Fr.; síla-fullr, filled with síl, of a sea-gull, Fs. (in a verse): freq. in mod. usage, where síli is used of any fish of the herring kind, horn-síl, geir-síl, q. v. síla-varp, n. a net for síl, D. n. ii. 762.

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

Abbreviations used:

Fr.: French in etymologies.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

perh.: perhaps.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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