1 sleggja
u, f. [from slá, slag; A. S. slecge], a sledge-hammer, Bs. i. 346, Dipl. iii. 4, Vm. 154, Þ;iðr. 166; með hömrum ok sleggjum, Al. 171; the phrase, verða milli steins ok sleggju, to come between the hammer and the anvil, Fas. i. 34; rek-s., a sledge-hammer; fiska-s., járn-s.: in Icel. the sleggja is often a round stone with a hole for the handle: sleggju-nef, a club-nose.
2 sleggja
2. sleggja, a nickname, Vd.