Sleði

Old Norse Dictionary - sleði

Meaning of Old Norse word "sleði"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word sleði can mean:sleði

sleði
a, m. [Old Engl. sled (‘the sledded Polack,’ Hamlet, and so still in North. E.); Engl. sledge; Germ. schlitte; Dan. slæde, cp. Engl. slide]:—a sledge, Sdm. 15, Grág. ii. 295, n. G. l. ii. 118, 121, Landn. 94, Eg. 543, Eb. 188, 190, Fs. 55 Ó. H. 85. Gísl. 37, passim; sleða-menn, Fms. ix. 352; sleða-höfuð, Mar.
sleði
COMPDS: sleðfæri, sleðmeiðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sdm.
Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
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