seil
nafnorðkvenkyn
[a form sail is assumed from sailjan = χαλαν, Mark ii. 4; sæl; seil]:—a string, line, in used of a line on which fishermen string their catch of fish and trail them behind the boat; the word is rare in old writers, koma á seil e-m, to be carried along by one, 9; rás seil, 2. 12; seil grundar, ‘earth-thong,’ a snake, ; seilar sól, a shield; þrym-seil, id.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Goth.Gothic.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- esp.especially.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Þd.Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Merl.Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.