Slyngva

Old Norse Dictionary - slyngva

Meaning of Old Norse word "slyngva" in English.

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

slyngva Old Norse word can mean:

slyngva: or slöngva, pres. slyng; pret. slöng or slaung, slungu: part. slunginn; this strong verb, however, is defective in its tenses and persons, and is chiefly used in poets, but rarely in prose; and later it was displaced by the weak slöngva, ð (or mod. slengja, ð), except in the part. slunginn, which remained: [Dan. slynge; A. S. slingan; Engl. sling]:—to sling, fling, throw, with dat. as Engl. to throw with a thing:

slyngva: I. strong forms:

slyngva: α. poets; Sinfjötli slöng upp við rá rauðum skildi, Hkv. 1. 33; eik slaung und þér, the ship swung away under thee, FmS. vi. 174 (in a verse); sungu or slungu snúðga steini, they swung and slung the rolling mill-stone, GS. 4; but weak, svá slöngðu (for slungu) vit snúðga steini, 12 (in the same poem); döggu slunginn, bedewed, Hkv. 2. 36; slunginn vafur-loga, encircled in a wavering flame, Fsm.

slyngva: β. prose; þeir slungu þar landtjöldum sínum. FmS. xi. 371, v. l.; því næst slyngr (but slöngvir v. l. from a vellum) Surtr eldi yfir jörðina ok brennir allan heim, Edda i. 192; var þessu kaupi slungit, the bargain was struck, Ld. 96: with the notion to twist, nú er svá félagi, at í vandkvæði er slungit, we are ‘in a twist,’ in difficulties. FmS. vi. 114; slungit gull, twisted, coiled gold, Lex. Poët.; horna-tog var slungit af silfri, of a cord, twisted of silver, Fb. i. 320: slunginn, as adj. versed, cunning, S. við e-t, Bárð. 164: freq. in mod. usage as adj. slungnari, more cunning: slungnastr, most cunning.

slyngva: II. weak forms:

slyngva: α. in poetry, GS. 12, but better slungu.

slyngva: β. in prose; hann skaut í slönguna ok slöngði síðan, Stj. 465; tóku þeir brandana ok slöngðu út á þá, Nj. 201; slöngvir hann þá stokkinum, 202; ok slöngði frá durunum, FmS. ii. 160; slógu menn eldi í keröldin, ok slöngðu at virkinu, i. 128; slöngvit mér at borginni, sling me from the catapult into the burgh, ix. 10; slöngja stóru grjóti, SkS. 410 B; þat grjót, er þeir vilja slöngva, 422 B; hann hafði slengt (better slöngt) hringnum útanborðs, FaS. i. 27 (paper MS.)

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

adj.: adjective.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fsm.: Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)

Gs.: Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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