Söðla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - söðla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "söðla" (or sǫðla) in Norwegian.

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

söðla (sǫðla): söðla, v. (að) sadle, belægge med Sadel;s. hest Flat. II, 1221. 12727; Nj. 12 (209);Eg. 61 (13915); fig. söðla e-u á e-t, áofan e-t, e-t e-u dvs. lægge noget til hvadman allerede har gjort, forøge dette mednoget mere: Björn sat hjá Oddnýjuok söðlar því á ofan, at hann kvaðvísu þessa til Þórðar Hitd. 2619; söðlaglœp á úhapp Sturl. II, 999; Bp. I, 32921;Heilag. I, 3323; söðla glœp úhappi DN.VIII, 16.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, söðla may be more accurately written as sǫðla.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚦᛚᛆ
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:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

lat.: latinsk.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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