Syfja
Old Norse Dictionary - syfja
Meaning of Old Norse word "syfja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word syfja can mean:syfja
- syfja
- að, [svefn, sofa], he gets sleepy, only impers.; e-n (acc.) syfjar, mik syfjar, Finnb. 340, Nj. 94; hvárt syfjar þik, Járnskjöldr faðir? Fb. i. 258; hann kvað sik svá syfja, at hann mætti engan veg uppi sitja, Háv. 55.
- syfja
- 2. pass. part. syfjaðr, sleepy, Fas. i. 231, 256, Fms. viii. 94, ix. 532.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚠᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- v.
- vide.
- part.
- participle.
- pass.
- passive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)