Silki

Old Norse Dictionary - silki

Meaning of Old Norse word "silki" in English.

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

silki Old Norse word can mean:

silki: n. [from Lat. sericum], silk, Rm. 31; hárit fagrt sem silki, Nj. 2, Orkn. (in a verse); rautt S., BæR. 19: a nickname, silki-auga, silki-skegg, Nj., FmS.

silki: B. As adjective, made of silk, silken; silki-band, silki-dregill, a silk-ribbon, FmS. iv. 110, xi. 2, Edda 20; silki-blaka, a silken veil, FaS. iii. 336; silki-bleikr, ‘silk-bleak,’ light-coloured, flaxen; hárit silkibleikt, FmS. vii. 55; fjögur merhross silkibleik, FaS. iii. 39; silki-borða or -borði, a silken brim, D. n.; silki-dúkr, a silken napkin, FmS. i. 112, Orkn. 304: = altaris-dúkr, an altar-cloth, Vm. 80, Symb. 26; silki-dýna, a silk-pillow, Karl.; silki-júpr (hjúpr), a silken jacket, FmS. vii. 69, x. 415; silki-hlað, a silk-ribbon worn round the head, Nj. 184, Dipl. iii. 4; silki-húfa, a silk-cap, FmS. ii. 264; silki-hökull, a cope of silk, Vm. 117; silki-klútr, a silk-kerchief, FaS. iii. 266; silki-klæði, silk-cloth, Greg. 22, MS. 623. 20; silki-koddi, a silken pillow, cushion. FmS. ix. 477, Dipl. iii. 4, Vm. 58; silki-kult, a silken quilt, Eb. 258, MaR.; silki-kyrtill, a silken kirtle. FmS. ii. 309, BæR. 4; silki-merki, a banner cf silk, belonging to church furniture, Jm. 10; silki-möttull, a silk-mantle. FmS. x. 268; silki-parlak, mod. sparlak, a silken bed-cover, D. n.; silki-pell, a silken pall, StR. 3; silki-pungr, a silk-purse, Ám. 42, Dipl. iii. 4; silki-reifar, silken swaddling-clothes, Fagrsk.; silki-ræma, a silken, ribbon, Edda 19; a silken garter, FmS. iv. 110, HkR. ii. 105, Bjarn. 64; süki-saumaðr, embroidered with silk, Dipl, vi. 440, Vm. 46, Pm. 12; silki-síma, a silken cord, Lex. Poët.; silki-serkr, a silken sark, FmS. iii. 125, ix. 477; silki-skaut, a ‘silken-sheet,’ napkin, D. n.; silki-skyrta, a silken shirt, FmS. x. 383, FS. 6; silki-slæður, a silken gown, Fg. 702, silken scarf (?), Nj. 190; suki-strengr, a silken cord, Karl. 42; silki-sæng, a silken bed, FaS. i. 508; silki-treyja, a silken jacket, FmS. xi. 271, Nj. 125, Skíða R. 186; silki-þráðr, a silk-thread, FaS. i. 508, Stj. 191; silki-ver, a silken case, D. n., Mag.

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

Abbreviations used:

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

pl.: plural.

R.: Rimur.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Ám.: Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

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

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Jm.: Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

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

Mag.: Magus Saga. (G. II.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Pm.: Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

Symb.: Symbolae. (H. IV.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.