sjóli
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
a, m. [the word is prob. related to Goth. sauls = στύλος; Icel. súl, meaning a prop, stay], a king, prince; this word occurs only once in old poets, viz. in compd himin-sjóli, heaven-prop, heaven-defender (?), an epithet of Thor, Þd. 9; it does not even appear in Edda (Gl.) among the synonyms of kings and heroes; the word then re-appears in Skíða R. 50 = king; and (from that poem?) in Run. Gramm. Island.; it became freq. in mod. lays and rímur, e. g. Úlf. 1. 21; 2. 76, 81, 88, 3. 18, 44, 4. 20, 50, 5. 10, 7. 21.
- 2.
sjóli occurs once as a pr. name on a Swedish Runic stone.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prob.
- probably.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- viz.
- namely.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Úlf.
- Úlfars-rímur.