Sleita

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sleita

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 sleita

u, f. backsliding; með ofrkappi ok sleitum, Sks. 341; lögkrókar ok sleitur, 439; vinna mál með sleitum, Fas. iii. 196; drekka við sleitur, to drink unfairly, in a drinking-bout = Gr. κλεψιποτειν, Eg. 258.

2 sleita

COMPDS: sleitudómr, SleituHelgi, sleitulaust.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
Gr.
Greek.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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