Sljór
Old Norse Dictionary - sljórMeaning of Old Norse word "sljór" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
sljór Old Norse word can mean:
- sljór
- sljó, sljótt; before a vowel the v appears, sljóvan, sljóvum, … (also spelt with f); the older form is slær, slæ, slæ, slætt (slævan, etc.), or even sljár, Ld. 312, v. l.; analogous to snjór, snjár, snær: sjór, sjár, sær; mjór, mjár, mær: [A. S. sláw; Engl. slow; Dan. slöv]:—blunt, Lat. hebes; sverð sljó ok brotin, FmS. ii. 322; þó at sverðin sé slæ, x. 360; sljó öx. FS. 184; sverð vár eru slæ, Hkr. i. 343; með slævu sverði, Fm. 30; slætt sverð, Fbr. (in a verse); með hljóði sljófu, a dull sound, Skálda 160.
- sljór
- 2. metaph., hann hvessir sljófa en hrýnir hugrakka, Al. 33; þótti honum hann í öllu slær, Sturl. iii. 117; at hann hefði verit mikilsti slær, er hann hefði eigi bannsettan Rafn, BS. i. 775; gefa enum slævurum sigr, LS. 22, 23.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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