Sýlt

Meaning of Old Norse word "sýlt"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word sýlt can mean:sýlt

sýlt

n. adj. (part.), [from syll = a sill?], a sheep’s mark, a piece being cut from the top of the ear; kirkja á mark, sýlt hit hægra, en heilt hit vinstra, Vm. 29, freq. in mod. usage.

sýlt

2. a horse when sleek and dappled is said to be ‘sýldr í lend,’ ‘loin-dappled:’ of a short-legged dwarf it is said, ‘var sýlt í neðan þar sem fætrnir vóru,’ instead of instep there was but a groove, Fb. iii. 48.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements