Definitions
Definitions
1 seiling
f. a stretching up the hands; in Icel. the height of a person stretching his hand up is called seiling, það er seiling mín, or það er seilingar-hæð, það er seiling upp undir loptið, and the like.
2 seiling
2. metaph. a seeking from far; er þat honum nauðsyn en eigi seiling, it is a necessity, and not his own seeking, Hrafn, 16.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
seiling
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "seiling" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).