Sjóli
Old Norse Dictionary - sjóli
Meaning of Old Norse word "sjóli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sjóli can mean:sjóli
- sjóli
- a, m. [the word is prob. related to Goth. sauls = στύλος; Icel. súl, meaning a prop, stay], a king, prince; this word occurs only once in old poets, viz. in compd himin-sjóli, heaven-prop, heaven-defender (?), an epithet of Thor, Þd. 9; it does not even appear in Edda (Gl.) among the synonyms of kings and heroes; the word then re-appears in Skíða R. 50 = king; and (from that poem?) in Run. Gramm. Island.; it became freq. in mod. lays and rímur, e. g. Úlf. 1. 21; 2. 76, 81, 88, 3. 18, 44, 4. 20, 50, 5. 10, 7. 21.
- sjóli
- 2. sjóli occurs once as a pR. name on a Swedish Runic stone.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚢᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- R.
- Rimur.
- viz.
- namely.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Úlf.
- Úlfars-rímur.
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)