Sjötlask
Old Norse Dictionary - sjötlaskMeaning of Old Norse word "sjötlask" (or sjǫtlask) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sjötlask (sjǫtlask)
- dep. to subside, settle; hark ok háreysti, … en er sjötlaðisk ok hljóð fékksk, Fms. ii. 43; en er úfriðr tók at sjötlask, 655 xiv. B. 1; þar til sem s. þessi mála-ferli, Grett. 112 new Ed.; ú-sjötlað, unsettled, Grett. (in a verse).
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sjötlask may be more accurately written as sjǫtlask.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚢᛏᛚᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)