Sára-sýki

Old Norse Dictionary - sára-sýki

Meaning of Old Norse word "sára-sýki"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

sára-sýki
or sára-veyki, f. a kind of scorbutic disease (?), Fél. x. 31, H. E. iii. 533; for a description of this illness see Hungry, ch. 7, Bs. i. 375.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚱᛅ-ᛋᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

ch.
chapter.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fél.
Félags-rit.
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
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