SEYRA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SEYRA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SEYRA

u, f. [from saurr in its oldest sense = bogs and moorland]:—prop., as it seems, starvation, famine; only in the allit. phrase, sultr ok seyra, hunger and starvation, Yngl. S. ch. 18, Fms. viii. 181, ix. 51, Stj. 212, and in mod. usage; cp. the analogous word horr, which means both Lat. sordes and macies; land-seyra, q. v.; sopa-seyra, a sip of the dregs, Jón Þorl.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚢᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.
ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
lit: literally.
lit.: literally.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Jón Þorl.: Jón Þorláksson.
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

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