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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