Definitions
Definitions
1 deili
n. pl. marks, whereby to discern one thing (person) from another; sá þó öll d. á honum, all his features were visible, Fas. i. 298; the metaph. phrase, kunna, vita, deili á e-u (e-m), to know the marks of a thing (man), i. e. to know it so as to discern it from another thing; vita öll d. á, to know exactly; vita eingi d. á, to know nothing about, Eg. 185, Fas. ii. 113, Fms. v. 316.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
deili
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "deili" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).