Sýr
Old Norse Dictionary - sýr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sýr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sýr can mean:sýr
- sýr
- f., gen. sýr, acc. sú, pl. sýr (declined as kýr, q. v.); [A. S. sú; Engl. sow; Dan. so; Germ. san; Gr. ύς; Lat. sūs]:—a sow; sýr ok grísir með, Grág. i. 504; sú (acc.) ræða, 427; súr eru augu sýr (gen.), Skálda (Thorodd); the word is obsolete in prose.
- sýr
- 2. a nickname, Sigurðr sýr, gen. Sigurðar sýr, Fagrsk. 106; sýrar, v. l., also FmS. x. 405.
- sýr
- II. one of the names of the goddess Freyja, in gen. Sýrar, Edda; á ek Sýrar mey dýra, Edda (in a verse); fólk-sýrar, Korm. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)