Dæmi-saga
Old Norse Dictionary - dæmi-saga
Meaning of Old Norse word "dæmi-saga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dæmi-saga
- u, f. a fable, parable; in old eccl. translations, the parable of the N. T. is rendered by ‘dæmisaga,’ Greg. 22; but in mod. versions and writers since 1540 a distinction is made, and dæmisögur are fables, e. g. of Aesop, Reynard, or the like; whereas the parables of the N. T. are called ‘eptir-líking;’ heyrit mik ok mína dæmisögu, Stj. 399. Judges ix. 7: an old saw, Fms. vii. 102, v. l.: a proverb, Stj. 560. 1 Kings iv. 32, (rare.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛘᛁ-ᛋᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)