Sýja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sýja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 sýja

also spelt sýgja, u, f. the suture of a ship (súð is the board, sýja the single suture, a súð therefore contains so and so many sýjur); komnar vóru níu sýjur á hvárt borð (mod. saumför), Fms. viii. 196; kjalar, stála, súða, sýgju, Edda 66; kjöl-sýja, q. v.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
part: participle.
part.: participle.
pret.: preterite.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
sing: singular.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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