Definitions
Definitions
1 SJÓLI
a, m. [the word is prob. related to Goth. sauls = στύλος; Icel. súl, meaning a prop, stay], a king, prince; this word occurs only once in old poets, viz. in compd himin-sjóli, heaven-prop, heaven-defender (?), an epithet of Thor, Þd. 9; it does not even appear in Edda (Gl.) among the synonyms of kings and heroes; the word then re-appears in Skíða R. 50 = king; and (from that poem?) in Run. Gramm. Island.; it became freq. in mod. lays and rímur, e. g. Úlf. 1. 21; 2. 76, 81, 88, 3. 18, 44, 4. 20, 50, 5. 10, 7. 21.
2 SJÓLI
2. sjóli occurs once as a pr. name on a Swedish Runic stone.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
SJÓLI
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "SJÓLI" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).