sjót
nafnorðhvorugkyn
, and sjöt, of which sjöt makes a rhyme with mjöt, 19; [the word is not derived from sitja, but from sveit, , changing v into j, as in hvel and hjól]:—a host, assembly, but also home, abode; manna sjöt, a host of men, ; sótt hefi ek mörg mildinga sjót, I have visited many kings’ men, kingly assemblies, 2; flotna sjót, a ‘fleet-crew’ mariners, ; ýta sjót, rekka sjót, id.; ragna sjót, the seat of the gods, the heavens, ; tungls sjót, the moon’s home, the sky, Bragi; sólar sjót, the sun’s land, the sky, 1. 52; þursa þjóðar sjót, the giant-land, 1; Heljar sjót, ‘Hell-home,’ id.; sjótum görvöllum, to all men,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- q. v.quod vide.
- l. c.loco citato.
- i. e.id est.
- Höfuðl.Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Ad.Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fsm.Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Hdl.Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)