Pínsl
Old Norse Dictionary - pínsl
Meaning of Old Norse word "pínsl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word pínsl can mean:pínsl
- pínsl
- f. thus in Hkr. iii. 349, SkS. 676 B, FmS. vii. 91, Hom. 85, MS. 677. 6: contr. písl, and so in mod. usage since the Reformation, and so also in old vellums; píslir, 623. 32; písla, FmS. x. 389; píslar, Symb. 29, FmS. vii. 195, Al. 130; písl, Rb. 86, Magn. 506:—torture, passion, passim; cp. píning above.
- pínsl
- COMPDS: píslardagr, píslarfæri, píslarmark, PíslarSaga, píslarsigr, píslarstaðr, píslartíð, píslartré, píslarváttr, píslarvætti, píslasjón.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚾᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- contr.
- contracted.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)