Sultr
Old Norse Dictionary - sultr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sultr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sultr can mean:sultr
- sultr
- m., gen. sultar (sults, n. G. l. i. 140), dat. sulti; [svelta; Dan. sult; A. S. swylt = death]:—hunger, famine (the notion of death found in A. S., is lost in Icel.); deyja af sulti, Nj. 265; ór sult(i), Magn. 510; heim í sultinn, Band. 12; Þorgils tekr úr seggnum sult, Skíða R.
- sultr
- 2. famine; þá var svá mikill S. í Noregi, FmS. i. 86; S. ok seyra, q. v.: the phrase, sitja í sults húsi, to ‘sit in hunger’s house,’ be starved, n. G. l. i. 140; sultar-kví, a ‘famine-fold,’ FmS. xi. 248.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)