Súð

Old Norse Dictionary - súð

Meaning of Old Norse word "súð"

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

Old Norse word súð can mean:súð

súð
f. [sýja], prop. a sewing, suture, but only used of the clinching of a ship’s boards (see skara and skarsúð); skipa, súða, sýju, Edda, freq.; skar-súð, felli-súð; poët. súð-bani, ‘plank-bane,’ i. e. the sea, as destroyer of ships, Stor.; súð-marr, ‘suture-steed,’ i. e. a ship, Lex. poët.
súð
2. of the outer boarding of a house, Nj. 114. súðar-steinn, a nickname, BS.: a local name, Súða-vík, whence Súð-víkingr, m. a man from S., BS.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
i. e.
id est.
poët.
poetically.
prop.
proper, properly.
m.
masculine.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Stor.
Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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