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
pret. seði, söði, [Ulf. siujan; A. S. and O. H. G. siwian; Engl. sew; Dan.-Swed. sye, sy; Lat. suere]:—to sew; only cccurs in the part. söðr and pret. seðu, q. v.; sé þú hvé vel þeir seðu er fyrir saumförinni réðu, Skálda (Thorodd); hamri söðr, járni söðr, hammer-knit, iron-knit, of a coat of mail, Lex. Poët.

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:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
part.
participle.
pret.
preterite.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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