SEGL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SEGL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SEGL

n. [A. S. segel; Engl. sail; Germ. segel; Dan. seil]:—a sail, Sj. 135; vinda, draga segl, to hoist sail, Hkv. 1. 29, Ó. H. 136, 137, 170; setja upp segl, Fms. ix. 10; taka til segls, Ó. H. 140; leggja ofan segl, 170; hella (to reef) segl, 182, Nj. 135, Fms. ix. 285, Fb. ii. 583; hleypa segli ór heflum, Ó. H. 182; hleypa ofan segli, id.; hlaða (to furl) seglum, Fms. viii. 135; nú lægir seglin þeirra, Ó. H. 182, passim. The ancients took pride in costly sails woven or embroidered with stripes and figures in various colours (vöndr, segl stafað vendi), stafat segl, Fms. i. 301; segl blá-stafat, x. 345; stöfuð segl með ymsum litum, xi. 437; seglin vóru stöfuð öll með blá ok rauðu ok grænu, Ó. H. 161; segl stafat vendi blám ok rauðum, Eg. 68, Ó. H. 113, 124; var seglit hvítt sem drift ok stafat rauðu ok blá með vendi, 170, Orkn. ch. 116, and passim: such sails were a fit gift to a king, see the narrative in Fms. vi, Har. S. harðr. ch. 100; at menn sendi konungi vingjafir, hauka, hesta, tjöld eðr segl, Ó. H. 126; hence the poets call the sail a ‘tablet’ (skript): poët. a ship is called segl-hundr, -marr, -vigg, sail-hound, sail-steed, Lex. Poët.

2 SEGL

COMPDS: seglbót, seglbúinn, segllaun, seglrá, seglreiði, segltækr, seglviðr.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚴᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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