Definitions
Definitions
1 slagr
m., pl. slagir, [slá], = slag, a blow, defeat, Karl. 172; svá harðan slag, 176.
2 slagr
2. [cp, A. S. slegel, a plectrum], a tune, air, played on a stringed instrument, see the remarks s. v. drápa; konungr spurði, hvárt hann kynni eigi fleiri slagi… hann segir at eptir væri enn nökkurir slagir, sló hann þá Gýgjar-slag … sló hann þann slag er Falda-feykir heitir … skipti hann um slaginn, Fas. iii. 222; Gunnars-slagr, i. 318; því næst kómu inn margir slagir hljóðfæra, iii. 191; (cp. Dan. slags = kind; mange-slags = ‘many-kind,’ manifold; samme-slags = ‘same-kind:’ metaph. from the ‘tune.’)
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
slagr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "slagr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).