Definitions
Definitions
1 sýlt
n. adj. (part.), [from syll = a sill?], a sheep’s mark, a piece being cut from the top of the ear; kirkja á mark, sýlt hit hægra, en heilt hit vinstra, Vm. 29, freq. in mod. usage.
2 sýlt
2. a horse when sleek and dappled is said to be ‘sýldr í lend,’ ‘loin-dappled:’ of a short-legged dwarf it is said, ‘var sýlt í neðan þar sem fætrnir vóru,’ instead of instep there was but a groove, Fb. iii. 48.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
sýlt
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "sýlt" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).