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.)