Sörli
Old Norse Dictionary - sörli
Meaning of Old Norse word "sörli" (or sǫrli)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sörli can mean:sörli
- sörli (sǫrli)
- a, m. [the root is Goth. sarwa = ὅπλα, πανοπλία; A. S. searo; O. H. G. saro, ga-sarawi; mid.H. G. ge-serwe = Lat. armatura]:—a pr. name, Hðm. (the son of king Jonakr), Landn., Sarius of Jornandes; the -li in Sör-li is a dimin. inflex., which would in Goth. be sarwi-la, since freq. as a pr. name, Landn., Lv. Sörla-stikki, the name of a poem, see stikki.
- sörli (sǫrli)
- II. meton, a gross, rough fellow is called sörli, (from the romance of Sörli the Strong?), whence sörla-ligr, adj., and sörlast, að, to go about as a sörli.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sörli may be more accurately written as sǫrli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚱᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- inflex.
- inflexive.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)