Sleggja
Old Norse Dictionary - sleggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "sleggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sleggja can mean:sleggja
- sleggja
- u, f. [from slá, slag; A. S. slecge], a sledge-hammer, BS. i. 346, Dipl. iii. 4, Vm. 154, Þ;iðr. 166; með hömrum ok sleggjum, Al. 171; the phrase, verða milli steins ok sleggju, to come between the hammer and the anvil, FaS. i. 34; rek-S., a sledge-hammer; fiska-S., járn-S.: in Icel. the sleggja is often a round stone with a hole for the handle: sleggju-nef, a club-nose.
- sleggja
- 2. sleggja, a nickname, Vd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vd.
- Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)