Sleði
Old Norse Dictionary - sleðiMeaning of Old Norse word "sleði" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
sleði Old Norse word can mean:
- sleði
- a, m. [Old Engl. sled (‘the sledded Polack,’ Hamlet, and so still in North. E.); Engl. sledge; Germ. schlitte; Dan. slæde, cp. Engl. slide]:—a sledge, Sdm. 15, Grág. ii. 295, n. G. l. ii. 118, 121, Landn. 94, Eg. 543, Eb. 188, 190, Fs. 55 Ó. H. 85. Gísl. 37, passim; sleða-menn, Fms. ix. 352; sleða-höfuð, Mar.
- sleði
- COMPDS: sleðfæri, sleðmeiðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
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