Beisl
Old Norse Dictionary - beisl
Meaning of Old Norse word "beisl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word beisl can mean:beisl
- beisl
- n. a bridle, freq. in old vellum MSS. spelt beils, FS. 128, 62, FmS. x. 86, xi. 256 C; with z, beizl or mod. beizli, SkS. 84, 87 new Ed., n. G. l. ii. 115, Grett. 122, FmS. viii. 52, v. 1., FaS. ii. 508; beisl (wilh s), Karl. 4, Grág. i. 439 (Kb. and Sb.), Stj. 206, Nj. 33, FmS. x. 86, Flov. 26, etc. The word is not to be derived from bíta; this may with certainty be inferred from comparison with the other Teut. idioms, and even in the Roman tongues we find r after the first letter: A. S. bridle and bridels; O. H. G. brittill; Dutch bridel; Engl. bridle; these forms seem to point to the Lat. frenum; the Scandin. idioms seem to have elided the r; Swed. betsel; Dan. bidsel; Icel. beils and beisl or beizl; many words referring to horse taming and racing are not genuine Scandinavian, but of foreign extraction; so is söðull, saddle, derived from A. S. saðol, Lat. sedile.
- beisl
- COMPDS: beislál, beislhringr, beisltamr, beisltaumar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛁᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sb.
- Staðarhóls-bók. (B. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)