Strjúgr
Old Norse Dictionary - strjúgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "strjúgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word strjúgr can mean:strjúgr
- strjúgr
- or strúgr, m. [the Engl. stew may be the same word, dropping the r]:—a stew of meat, esp. of a coarse kind; stafkörlum strjúg skal senda, Hallgr.; beina strjúgr, bones boiled to a jelly.
- strjúgr
- 2. metaph. bile, fastidiousness; strúgs galli, ‘bile-destroyer,’ i. e. wine, Edda(Ht.); fæða strúg sinn heima, to nurse one’s own bile at home, Þórð. 10 new Ed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᛁᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)