Definitions
Definitions
1 súsvort
f. the nightingale; einn fugl þann er heitir philomela á Látinu en á Norrænu heitir súsvort, sumir kalla ok niktigalu, Barl. 39: the word is obsolete in Icel., and the passage in Barl. stands alone in the old literature; not even does the Edda (Gl. in the list of birds) record this word; but it is preserved in provincial Norse sysvorta (sisvorta, svisvorta) = turdus torquatus, the ring ousel, Ivar Aasen: the etymology is quite uncertain.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
súsvort
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "súsvort" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).