Slyngva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - slyngva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "slyngva" in Norwegian.

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

slyngva: slyngja eller slyngva, v. (slyng, slöng,slunginn) 1) kaste, sætte i rask Bevægelseog saaledes føre over fra et Sted til etandet, fra en Stilling til en anden (jvf slá 1); med Dat.: s. kvað - slöng uppvið rá rauðum skildi Hund. 1, 33; þvínæst slyngr Surtr eldi yfir jörðinaSE. I, 19211; sungu ok slungu snúðgasteini, svá at Fróða man flest sofnaðiGrott. 4. 2) istandbringe (jvf slá 5);Valdimarr konungr tók þeim orrostu-stað ok slungu (Texten: skutu) þarlandtjöldum sínum Fm. XI, 371 &vl 8;slyngja kaupi Laxd. 24 (629); í vand-kvæði er slungit dvs. vi ere nu komne i Forlegenhed, Fm. VI, 11426; slunginndöggu, vafrloga Hund. 2, 36; Fjölsv.31; síðan vandi Dofri hann á allskynsíþróttir ok ættvísi ok vígfimi, ok eigivar traust, at hann næmi eigi galdraok forneskju, svá at bæði var hannforspár ok margvíss, þvíat Dofri varvið þetta slunginn (= slyngr við e-t)Bárð. 218. 3) sno, tvinde; hornatoghafranna var slungit af silfri Flat. I,3206.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛚᛦᚿᚵᚠᛆ
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:

Dat.: Dativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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