Slagr
Old Norse Dictionary - slagr
Meaning of Old Norse word "slagr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slagr can mean:slagr
- slagr
- m., pl. slagir, [slá], = slag, a blow, defeat, Karl. 172; svá harðan slag, 176.
- slagr
- 2. [cp, A. S. slegel, a plectrum], a tune, air, played on a stringed instrument, see the remarks S. v. drápa; konungr spurði, hvárt hann kynni eigi fleiri slagi… hann segir at eptir væri enn nökkurir slagir, sló hann þá Gýgjar-slag … sló hann þann slag er Falda-feykir heitir … skipti hann um slaginn, FaS. iii. 222; Gunnars-slagr, i. 318; því næst kómu inn margir slagir hljóðfæra, iii. 191; (cp. Dan. slags = kind; mange-slags = ‘many-kind,’ manifold; samme-slags = ‘same-kind:’ metaph. from the ‘tune.’)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)