Segi
Old Norse Dictionary - segi
Meaning of Old Norse word "segi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- segi
- or sigi, a, m. a slice, bit, clot; hjarta mitt var runnit sundr í siga, my heart was molten into drops, ‘torn into shreds,’ Sól. 43; hann skar af tungu ormsins einn sega, Tristr.; hann skar hann sundr í siga, Bret. 170; hann (the dog) greip í kálfann ok þar ór siga, Fas. ii. 426; þórir kvaðsk úviljaðr at skera slærrum segjum, to cut larger slices, Sturl. i. 61; töngu segi, the tongs’ bit, poët. = the iron in the forge, Þd. 15; blóð-segi, a clot of blood; fjör-segi, the heart; tál-segi, a bait; kló-segi, kverk-segi, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Tristr.
- Tristrams Saga. (G. II.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)