Sýslu-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - sýslu-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sýslu-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sýslu-maðr
- m. a worker; s. mikill ok starfsmaðr góðr, Eg. 203, Ld. 73: a prefect, bailiff, king’s steward, Gþl. 22, Eg. 67, Fms. ix. 429 (v. l.), x. 10, Nj. 126; sýslumenn konungs ok biskups, … lendir menn, sýslumenn, ármenn, Gþl. 12; sýslumaðr eða ármaðr, 6; Jamtr höfðu þá Svía-konungi skatt goldit, ok þaðan höfðu verit sýslumenn yfir landinu, Ó. H. 142, and so in mod. Icel. usage, the country being divided into sýslur, answering to the þing (q. v.) of the Commonwealth, each sýsla with its bailiff (sýslumaðr), who at the same time is the justice and the tax-gatherer or steward of the king; sýslumenn skulu þing eiga á Leiðum, Jb. 23; lögmenn ok sýslumenn, 27.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛋᛚᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)