Sörli

Old Norse Dictionary - sörli

Meaning of Old Norse word "sörli" (or sǫrli) in English.

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

sörli Old Norse word can mean:

sörli (sǫrli)
a, m. [the root is Goth. sarwa = ὅπλα, πανοπλία; A. S. searo; O. H. G. saro, ga-sarawi; mid.H. G. ge-serwe = Lat. armatura]:—a pr. name, Hðm. (the son of king Jonakr), Landn., Sarius of Jornandes; the -li in Sör-li is a dimin. inflex., which would in Goth. be sarwi-la, since freq. as a pr. name, Landn., Lv. Sörla-stikki, the name of a poem, see stikki.
sörli (sǫrli)
II. meton, a gross, rough fellow is called sörli, (from the romance of Sörli the Strong?), whence sörla-ligr, adj., and sörlast, að, to go about as a sörli.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sörli may be more accurately written as sǫrli.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
dimin.
diminutive.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Goth.
Gothic.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
inflex.
inflexive.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pr.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
adj.
adjective.

Works & Authors cited:

Hðm.
Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
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