Setligr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - setligr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "setligr" in Norwegian.

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

setligr
setligr, adj. 1) passende, tilbørlig; heldrmyndu þeir hins biða, er setligr aldr oksœmiligt siðferði með góðri kunnustuveldi þá til þeirar tignar útan verð-leik eða fullting göfugra frænda Alex.11425; jvf úsetligr Stat. 27329. 2) = lat.positivus; hér er samjafnanligt nafn,"hræddari", skipat fyrir "hræddr", set-ligu nafni SE. II, 1169.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚽᛏᛚᛁᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
lat.
latinsk.

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