SEL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SEL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SEL

n., gen. pl. selja, dat. seljum, [sel stands for an obsolete ‘sali,’ and the word is akin to salr, q. v.; A. S. sele]:—a shed on a mountain pasture, but within the landmarks of each farm (not in the almenningar), where the milch-kine are kept in the summer months (it answers to Germ. senn-hütte). An Icel. word; in Norway such huts are called setr (or sætr), q. v.; sel skal hverr göra sér í almenningi er vill ok sitja í sumar-setri ef hann vill, N. G. L. i. 251 (in Icel. this was not allowed, eigi skal sel göra í afrétt, Grág. ii. 302); tvá stöðla ok sel (sæll), D. N. i. 81; ek á sel skamt héðan, vertú þar í nótt, Fs. 59; þá snéru þeir til selja Gríss, Fms. ii. 247; Víga-kolr fór frá seli áðan, Nj. 55; fara í sel, fara til sels, Grág. ii. 277; færa í sel, to bring the kine to the sel (in June); fara, flytja úr seli, to bring them back, in the autumn; spurði konungr ef nokkur sel væri þar, er þeir mætti í búa, Ó. H. 187; sels-dyrr, -gluggr, -hurð, -veggr, -tópt, Rd. 310, Ld. 244, 278, 280, Þorst. S. hvíta 43, cp. Ld. ch. 55, 62, 63, Vd. ch. 40, 41, Þorst. S. hvíta 42, 43, Vápn. 24, Hallfr. S. ch. 9, Grett. 139.

2 SEL

II. freq. in Icel. local names, Sel, Seljar, Selja-land (whence Seljalands-múli), Sel-tungur, Sels-hagi, Sel-á, Selár-dalr (whence Sel-dælir, the men from S.), Sel-fors, Heiðar-sel, Landn., Dipl., map of Icel.

3 SEL

B. COMPDS: Selbúar, selbyggr, selfangi, selflutningr, selför, selgresi, selgörð, selhestr, selland, selmánuðr, selsetr, selstaða.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hallfr. S.
Hallfreðar Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Vápn.
Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
Vd.
Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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