SÖÐULL
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m., dat. söðli, [A. S. sadol, sadel; Engl. saddle; Germ. sattel; Dan. saddel; this word cannot belong to the vernacular Teut., but is borrowed from Lat. sedile, as appears from the unchanged medial d, for sitja would require an Engl.-Icel. t, Germ. z (sötull, satzel)]:—a saddle; the word occurs in such old poems as the Vkv. 7, Akv. 4, Og. 3; leggja söðul á hest, Eg. 719; bera söðla í haga, Nj. 33; saðul, Sks. 403; steindr söðull, a stained saddle, Ld. 272; trog-söðull, q. v.; stand-s., q. v.: in mod. usage söðull is a lady’s saddle or pillion (formed like an arm-chair), hnakkr a man’s saddle.