Usli
Old Norse Dictionary - usli
Meaning of Old Norse word "usli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- usli
- a, m. [A. S. ysla or ysela = fire, embers; a compd form is auvisli (q. v.) qs. af-usli (?); cp. Lat. urere]:—a conflagration, esp. in the allit. eldr ok usli, FmS. i. 201, viii. 341: a field of burning embers, xi. 35: the sense damages (see auvisli) is prob. secondary. usla-gjald or usla-bót, n. compensation for u., n. G. l. i. 246, Gþl. 387; see auvisli.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)