Sýja

Old Norse Dictionary - sýja

Meaning of Old Norse word "sýja" in English.

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

sýja
also spelt sýgja, u, f. the suture of a ship (súð is the board, sýja the single suture, a súð therefore contains so and so many sýjur); komnar vóru níu sýjur á hvárt borð (mod. saumför), Fms. viii. 196; kjalar, stála, súða, sýgju, Edda 66; kjöl-sýja, q. v.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
mod.
modern.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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