Sullr
Old Norse Dictionary - sullr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sullr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sullr
- m., pl. sullir, [svella], a boil, Bs. i. 465; sullr á fæti, Ísl. ii. 218; s. á hendi, 176, 196; kverka-s., id.: in mod. usage esp. of an internal boil or swelling in the liver, lungs, intestines.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)