Slý

Old Norse Dictionary - slý

Meaning of Old Norse word "slý" in English.

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

slý
n., botan. water-cotton, byssus lanuginosa; af sefi eðr slýi, Stj. 253: it was dried and used as tinder, Bs. i. 616 (wrongly spelt slij), freq. in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

botan.
botanically.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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