Sinjor

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sinjor

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 sinjor

and synjor, mod. signor, m. [for. word, Ital. signore; Fr. seigneur, etc.]:—a lord, master; Sighvat, who first uses the word, applies it to king Olave, in one passage rhyming sinnjor with þinna, in another synjor with brynju: it survives in Icel. in signor, a title of a hreppstjóri (signor Jón).

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚾᛁᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

etc.
et cetera.
for.
foreign.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Ital.
Italian.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors

Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

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