Slóði
Old Norse Dictionary - slóði
Meaning of Old Norse word "slóði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slóði can mean:slóði
- slóði
- a, m. [slóð], a truss of fagots trailed along; draga slóða, to drag a slot or trail; and metaph. to leave a slot behind, be fatal; slóða mun draga, at því er ek hygg, Band.; má annars staðar meiri slóða draga enn hér, Nj. 54.
- slóði
- COMPDS: slóðahrís, slóðastöð, slóðavegr.
- slóði
- II. of a person, a sloven, slothful fellow. slóða-legr, adj. slothful. slóða-skapr, m. slothfulness.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)