pínsl
nafnorðkvenkyn
f. thus in Hkr. iii. 349, Sks. 676 B, Fms. vii. 91, Hom. 85, MS. 677. 6: contr. písl, and so in mod. usage since the Reformation, and so also in old vellums; píslir, 623. 32; písla, Fms. x. 389; píslar, Symb. 29, Fms. vii. 195, Al. 130; písl, Rb. 86, Magn. 506:—torture, passion, passim; cp. píning above.
COMPDS: píslardagr, píslarfæri, píslarmark, PíslarSaga, píslarsigr, píslarstaðr, píslartíð, píslartré, píslarváttr, píslarvætti, píslasjón.