Síld

Old Norse Dictionary - síld

Meaning of Old Norse word "síld" in English.

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

síld Old Norse word can mean:

síld: f., pl. síldr, Lex. Poët., but síldar, n. G. l. i. 254; [Dan. sild]:—herring (i. e. in shoals of herrings, but síli of a single herring), clupea harengus; gékk síld upp um allt land, Fms. i. 92, Pr. 431; ausa síld or netjum, n. G. l. i. 254; síldar þær er á liggja, id.; þá kom ok þar um vár við útver nokkur broddr af síld, hann reri þannug sem síldin var rekin … hann keypti síldina til borðs sér, Hkr. i. 185; meisa-síld, barrelled herring.

síld: COMPDS: síldarferja, síldfiski, síldakaup, síldreki, síldver.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

f.: feminine.

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

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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

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

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