Slota
Old Norse Dictionary - slota
Meaning of Old Norse word "slota"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slota can mean:slota
- slota
- að, slotir, Hom. (St.); the pret. would be slotti, but is not found (cp. þora þorði þorað); mod. usage distinguishes between slúta = to hang down, and slota = to abate; [cp. Germ. schliessen and schluss]:—to hang down, droop; láta slota hendr niðr með síðu ok höfðusk ekki at, FmS. ii. 229,; láttú slota hattinn, Nj. 32; hann var í kufli ok lét slúta hattinn, Sturl. ii. 230, FaS. i. 61 (both paper MSS.): slota við, to slink away; ok er ekki at slota við eða svara skatyrðum, FmS. vii. 20; þat þú þegir við ok slotir, Hom. (St.)
- slota
- II. imperS. it abates, of wind, gale; veðrinu slotar, the wind abates.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᚢᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)