Sút

Old Norse Dictionary - sút

Meaning of Old Norse word "sút" in English.

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

sút: f. [A. S. suht; sút and sótt are identical, but sótt is used of physical sickness, sút in mental]:—grief, sorrow, affliction; ala sút um e-t, to pine, Hm.; verða e-m at sútum, to cause grief to, Hallfred: the older sense of sickness is perceptible in Hm. 147; manna bölva sútir hverjar, Hðm. 1; eigi sút né sótt, FmS. ii. 199 (Rev. xxi. 4); sorg ok sút, Stj. 265; sút ok iðran, H. E. i. 484; sút sízt mátti sorgum létta, sút flaug í brjóstið inn, PasS. 11. 8.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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