Sylgr
Old Norse Dictionary - sylgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sylgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sylgr
- m., gen. sylgjar and sylgs; [svelgr, svelgja; Engl. swill]:—a drink, beverage; allt er senn ef hann sylg um getr, Hm.; ylgr fær af hræm sylg, Edda (in a verse); the word is not used in prose, see Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.