SELR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SELR

m., pl. selar, but mod. selir, [O. H. G. selah; A. S. seol; Engl.seal; Dan. sæl-hund]:—a seal, Lat. phoca, Fs. 143; egg ok sela (acc.pl.), Sturl. ii. 77: fiska, fogla eða sela, Grág. ii. 337; sela ok fiska, 358; sela alla, 359; syndr sem selr, Nj. 29, cp. Engl. ‘to swim like a duck:’ the phrase, mér er ekki um sel, ‘seal likes me not,’ i. e. I do not like it. For a description of various kinds of seals see Sks. 40–44 new Ed. (opnu-selr, örkn-selr, látr-selr).

2 SELR

2. in local names, Sel-strönd, Sel-vágr, etc.:—as a nickname, Selr, Ó. H.; sels-bani and sels-hefnir, id.; sela-gnúpr, Gísl. 9.

3 SELR

B. COMPDS: selabátr, selbelgr, selbiti, seladráp, selseista, selfeitr, selfiskr, selfita, selhár, selshreifi, selahúðir, selshöfuð, selkolla, selakyn, selalagnir, sellátr, selnasi, selnet, selanætr, selskinn, selskutill, selspik, selssveif, seltíund, seltjara, selvara, selveiðr, selver.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᛚᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
acc.: accusative.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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SELR

SELR

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1 SELR

2 SELR

3 SELR

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