Smali

Old Norse Dictionary - smali

Meaning of Old Norse word "smali"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word smali can mean:smali

smali
u, m. [from an obsolete adjective smals; A. S. smæl; Engl. small; Germ. schmal]:—prop. small cattle, esp. sheep, but also goats, Rb. 80; málnytan smala, milch cattle, Grág. i. 158; þá var ok drepinn allskonar S. ok svá hross, Hkr. i. 139; bæði svínum yðrum ok öðrum smala, FmS. xi. 224; tvau kýrlög í smala, two cows’ worth in small cattle, Munk. 67; smala-kýrag, id., B. K. 55; smala sínum (sauðum ok lömbum), Barl. 35; ef maðr nýtir þann smala er svá verðr dauðr, n. G. l. i. 341.
smali
2. gener. = cattle; hann sá djöful sitja á baki henni …, far braut, þú úvinr, frá smala manna (of a cow), Mart. 123; ekki er þat sem annarr smali, engi skaptr fyrir ars aptr hali, Sturl. ii. (in a verse); smali var rekinn eptir ströndinni, Ld. 56; S. skal eigi fara með heimboðum, Gþl. 406, n. G. l. i. 41; hans S., naut ok sauðir, hverfr einn griðungr brott ok kemr eigi heim með öðrum smala, Mar.; búsmali.
smali
II. a shepherd, abbreviated from smala-maðr; Gunnarr sér smala sinn hleypa at garði, Nj. 83, freq. in mod. usage, the first sense having almost fallen into disuse.
smali
COMPDS: smala-ferð, -för, f. tending sheep in the pastures, Sd. 139, Hrafn. 6, Grág. i. 147. smala-gangr, m. a sheep-walk, Boldt 132. smala-gollur, m. sheep’s-caul, for this word see Ísl. ÞjóðS. ii. 579. smala-hestr, m. a shepherd’s horse, Nj. 83. smala-hundr, m. a sheep-dog. smala-maðr, m. a ‘sheep-man,’ shepherd (= sauðamaðr), Grág. ii. 224, Nj. 83, Rb. 382, BS. i. 45, passim. smala-mennska, u, f. the tending of sheep. smala-nyt, f. sheep’s milk, Grág. i. 333. smala-sveinn, m. a shepherd-boy, Magn. 510, Landn. 178, Ld. 138, Al. 31. smala-þúfa, u, f. a shepherd’s mound, used in the phrase, sitja á smalaþúfunni, to sit on the sbepherd’s mound, tend sheep, Konr. 23.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
esp.
especially.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
prop.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
gener.
generally.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
f.
feminine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
B. K.
Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Mart.
Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Boldt
Boldt. (J. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Konr.
Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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