Slit
Old Norse Dictionary - slit
Meaning of Old Norse word "slit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slit can mean:slit
- slit
- n. [slíta], a slit, tear; kápa komin at sliti, a worn-out cloak, Band. 5; rif ok slit, Bs. ii. 143; það er ekki til slits; kvið-slit, hernia.
- slit
- 2. metaph. in pl. a rupture, breach, Þiðr. 94; sifja-slit, frið-slit, flaum-slit, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)