Slitna
Old Norse Dictionary - slitnaMeaning of Old Norse word "slitna" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
slitna Old Norse word can mean:
- slitna
- að, (neut. of slita), to be rent, break, of a cord, rope, string, or the like (rifna, being used of cloth, etc.); festr mun, S., Vsp. 41, Am. 35, FmS. vii. 13, Grett. 101, MS. 656 C. 31, Karl. 450; slitnaði skóþvengr hans, Nj. 74: medic. of hernia, kviðrinn slitnaði, BS. i. 121, 208: metaph. to end, break up, Lv. 11, FS. 21: kaupmáli slitnar, Þiðr. 85.
- slitna
- 2. to be torn in tatters.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᛏᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- neut.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
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