Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Síl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 síl

mod. síli, n. [perh. akin to sili, seil, from its slim shape]:—a kind of herring, corregonus albula, Fr.; síla-fullr, filled with síl, of a sea-gull, Fs. (in a verse): freq. in mod. usage, where síli is used of any fish of the herring kind, horn-síl, geir-síl, q. v. síla-varp, n. a net for síl, D. N. ii. 762.

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Runic Inscription

síl

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "síl" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
perh.: perhaps.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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