Slæða
Old Norse Dictionary - slæða
Meaning of Old Norse word "slæða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slæða can mean:slæða
- slæða
- ð, i. e. slœða, [slóð], to trail; fax svá sítt at slæddi jörð, that it trailed along the ground, Sks. 100; hann slæðir fótspor sín með halanum, Stj. 71.
- slæða
- 2. to ‘trail the field,’ spread manure; ganga um fjall um sinn, ok slátra, ok s. um vár, Grág. i. 147.
- slæða
- 3. to drag a river.
- slæða
- II. reflex., það hefir slæðst ofan á gólf, of thread or the like swept away and lost.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛅᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)