Strjúgr

Old Norse Dictionary - strjúgr

Meaning of Old Norse word "strjúgr" in English.

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

strjúgr Old Norse word can mean:

strjúgr
or strúgr, m. [the Engl. stew may be the same word, dropping the r]:—a stew of meat, esp. of a coarse kind; stafkörlum strjúg skal senda, Hallgr.; beina strjúgr, bones boiled to a jelly.
strjúgr
2. metaph. bile, fastidiousness; strúgs galli, ‘bile-destroyer,’ i. e. wine, Edda(Ht.); fæða strúg sinn heima, to nurse one’s own bile at home, Þórð. 10 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
esp.
especially.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
i. e.
id est.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Hallgr.
Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)
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