Smali

Old Norse Dictionary - smali

Meaning of Old Norse word "smali" in English.

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

smali Old Norse word can mean:

smali: u, m. [from an obsolete adjective smals; A. S. smæl; Engl. small; Germ. schmal]:—prop. small cattle, esp. sheep, but also goats, Rb. 80; málnytan smala, milch cattle, Grág. i. 158; þá var ok drepinn allskonar S. ok svá hross, Hkr. i. 139; bæði svínum yðrum ok öðrum smala, FmS. xi. 224; tvau kýrlög í smala, two cows’ worth in small cattle, Munk. 67; smala-kýrag, id., B. K. 55; smala sínum (sauðum ok lömbum), Barl. 35; ef maðr nýtir þann smala er svá verðr dauðr, n. G. l. i. 341.

smali: 2. gener. = cattle; hann sá djöful sitja á baki henni …, far braut, þú úvinr, frá smala manna (of a cow), Mart. 123; ekki er þat sem annarr smali, engi skaptr fyrir ars aptr hali, Sturl. ii. (in a verse); smali var rekinn eptir ströndinni, Ld. 56; S. skal eigi fara með heimboðum, Gþl. 406, n. G. l. i. 41; hans S., naut ok sauðir, hverfr einn griðungr brott ok kemr eigi heim með öðrum smala, Mar.; búsmali.

smali: II. a shepherd, abbreviated from smala-maðr; Gunnarr sér smala sinn hleypa at garði, Nj. 83, freq. in mod. usage, the first sense having almost fallen into disuse.

smali: COMPDS: smala-ferð, -för, f. tending sheep in the pastures, Sd. 139, Hrafn. 6, Grág. i. 147. smala-gangr, m. a sheep-walk, Boldt 132. smala-gollur, m. sheep’s-caul, for this word see Ísl. ÞjóðS. ii. 579. smala-hestr, m. a shepherd’s horse, Nj. 83. smala-hundr, m. a sheep-dog. smala-maðr, m. a ‘sheep-man,’ shepherd (= sauðamaðr), Grág. ii. 224, Nj. 83, Rb. 382, BS. i. 45, passim. smala-mennska, u, f. the tending of sheep. smala-nyt, f. sheep’s milk, Grág. i. 333. smala-sveinn, m. a shepherd-boy, Magn. 510, Landn. 178, Ld. 138, Al. 31. smala-þúfa, u, f. a shepherd’s mound, used in the phrase, sitja á smalaþúfunni, to sit on the sbepherd’s mound, tend sheep, Konr. 23.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

esp.: especially.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

gener.: generally.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

f.: feminine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

B. K.: Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Mart.: Martinus Saga. (F. III.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Boldt: Boldt. (J. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)

Ísl. Þjóðs.: Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.

Konr.: Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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