Slóðra
Old Norse Dictionary - slóðra
Meaning of Old Norse word "slóðra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- slóðra
- að, slöðra, as it is spelt in editions, is less correct, for the mod. slóra, q. v., is a contracted and corrupt form of sloðra (oð = ó); [cp. Ulf. slauþjan]:—to drag or trail oneself along; sloðruðu þeir þá vestr af heiðinni, Sturl. iii. 158; þeir sloðruðu svá til lands, 163; flestir gátu fengit bakkann ok sloðruðu svá at landi, Fb. ii. 511 (slöðruðu, Orkn. 456, l. c., but less correct); hefir ek ekki spurt til sanns hverjum þá sloðraði (sloþraðe Cod.), Ölk. 36.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᚢᚦᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)