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.)