1 SEIL
f. [a Goth. form sail is assumed from sailjan = χαλαν, Mark ii. 4; A. S. sæl; Germ. seil]:—a string, line, esp. in Icel. used of a line on which fishermen string their catch of fish and trail them behind the boat; the word is rare in old writers, koma á seil e-m, to be carried along by one, Þd. 9; rás seil, Merl. 2. 12; seil grundar, ‘earth-thong,’ a snake, Lex. Poët.; seilar sól, a shield; þrym-seil, id.