Sýja
Old Norse Dictionary - sýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "sýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sýja
- pret. seði, söði, [Ulf. siujan; A. S. and O. H. G. siwian; Engl. sew; Dan.-Swed. sye, sy; Lat. suere]:—to sew; only cccurs in the part. söðr and pret. seðu, q. v.; sé þú hvé vel þeir seðu er fyrir saumförinni réðu, Skálda (Thorodd); hamri söðr, járni söðr, hammer-knit, iron-knit, of a coat of mail, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- part.
- participle.
- pret.
- preterite.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)