Sleita

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sleita

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sleita" in Norwegian.

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

sleita: sleita, f. Udflugt hvorved man søger at unddrage sig for at opfylde sin Skyldighedeller søger at lette sig Pligtens Byrde;halda með kappi ok sleitu á þingumsínum Kgs. 7719; þat er ok mannvitat kunna vel lög ok kunna á því góðarskilningar, hvat lög eru rétt eða hvatlög eru kölluð, ok er þó ekki nema lög-krókar ok sleitur Kgs. 9314; hón bauðBósa at kenna honum galdra, en Bósikveðst ekki vilja, at þat væri skrifat ísögu sínni, at hann ynni nökkurn hlutsleitum, þat sem honum skyldi meðkarlmennsku telja Fld. III, 1966; ener á leið kveldit, þá var drukkit viðsleitur (= drukkit sleitiliga) Eg. 49(9921) jvf Fm. VI, 24121.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᚽᛁᛏᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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