Sel
Old Norse Dictionary - sel
Meaning of Old Norse word "sel"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sel can mean:sel
- sel
- n., gen. pl. selja, dat. seljum, [sel stands for an obsolete ‘sali,’ and the word is akin to salr, q. v.; A. S. sele]:—a shed on a mountain pasture, but within the landmarks of each farm (not in the almenningar), where the milch-kine are kept in the summer months (it answers to Germ. senn-hütte). An Icel. word; in Norway such huts are called setr (or sætr), q. v.; sel skal hverr göra sér í almenningi er vill ok sitja í sumar-setri ef hann vill, n. G. l. i. 251 (in Icel. this was not allowed, eigi skal sel göra í afrétt, Grág. ii. 302); tvá stöðla ok sel (sæll), D. n. i. 81; ek á sel skamt héðan, vertú þar í nótt, FS. 59; þá snéru þeir til selja Gríss, FmS. ii. 247; Víga-kolr fór frá seli áðan, Nj. 55; fara í sel, fara til sels, Grág. ii. 277; færa í sel, to bring the kine to the sel (in June); fara, flytja úr seli, to bring them back, in the autumn; spurði konungr ef nokkur sel væri þar, er þeir mætti í búa, Ó. H. 187; sels-dyrr, -gluggr, -hurð, -veggr, -tópt, Rd. 310, Ld. 244, 278, 280, Þorst. S. hvíta 43, cp. Ld. ch. 55, 62, 63, Vd. ch. 40, 41, Þorst. S. hvíta 42, 43, Vápn. 24, Hallfr. S. ch. 9, Grett. 139.
- sel
- II. freq. in Icel. local names, Sel, Seljar, Selja-land (whence Seljalands-múli), Sel-tungur, Sels-hagi, Sel-á, Selár-dalr (whence Sel-dælir, the men from S.), Sel-fors, Heiðar-sel, Landn., Dipl., map of Icel.
- sel
- B. COMPDS: Selbúar, selbyggr, selfangi, selflutningr, selför, selgresi, selgörð, selhestr, selland, selmánuðr, selsetr, selstaða.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hallfr. S.
- Hallfreðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)