Deild
Old Norse Dictionary - deild
Meaning of Old Norse word "deild"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word deild can mean:deild
- deild
- (deilþ, deilð), f.
- deild
- 1. a deal, dole, share. Edda 147: fara at deildum, to be parcelled out. Orkn. 88, Ísl. ii. 337 (a portion of meat); göra d., to give a dole, n. G. l. i. 142; the phrase. fá illt ór deildum, to get a bad share, be worsted, Sighvat (in a verse).
- deild
- 2. dealings; harðar deildir, hard dealings, Fbr. (in a verse); sannar deildir, just dealings, Lex. Poët.; ill-deildir, ill dealings; grip-deildir, dealings of a robber, robbery; skap-deild, temper.
- deild
- 3. seldom used of fighting with weapons (n. G. l. i. 64), but freq. of a lawsuit (þing-deild), Nj. 138, 141, 86, 36, Eg. 738, FmS. vi. 361, viii. 268, Gþl. 475: the parliamentary phrase, leggja mál í deild, to ‘lay a case under division’ in court (cp. leggja mál í gørð), a phrase which recalls to mind the English parliamentary phrases ‘division’ and ‘divide.’ Sturl. i. 59; leggja mál til deildar, id., Laxd. 204 (MS., Ed. deilu).
- deild
- β. cp. also local names, Deildar-tunga, -hvammr, -hjalli, Landn., Sturl.
- deild
- γ. in Icel. a boundary river is often called Deild or Deildar-á, Deildar-lækr, etc.; or of other boundary places, Deildar-hvammr, etc.
- deild
- δ. metaph., í aðra d., þriðju d., etc., secondly, thirdly, etc., Stj. 9, 21.
- deild
- COMPDS: deildararfr, deildarlið, deildarmaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛁᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- S.
- Saga.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)