Seli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - seli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "seli" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

seli: seli, m. (ogsaa sili) Sæle som lægges om Trækdyrs Hals for dertil at fæste Slæ-dens eller Vognens Skagler; hvert hrossskal í reiðskjóta hans fara, er seli eðasöðull hefir á komit Frost. Indl. 196jvf Borg. 2, 273; Landsl. 3, 154. 7, 177;þat (hross) er beizllaust ok söðullausten hefir sila nökkurn um halsinn Thom.35922; hann (dvs. vagninn) var með nökk-urs konar vél svá festr við ok eða sila,at - Alex. 1913.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚽᛚᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

ndl.: nydøidsk.

s.: substantiv.

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