Selja

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

selja Old Icelandic word can mean:

selja

I)

selja

(sel, selda, seldr), v.

selja

1) to hand over, deliver;

selja

~ e-m e-t (Ásta selr honum sverðit);

selja

~ e-t í hendr e-m, to make over to one (hann seldi búit í hendr Þorsteini);

selja

~ vápn ór hendi sér, to give up (deliver) one’s weapons;

selja

~ e-t fram, to deliver up;

selja

~ e-m e-t til varðveizlu, to commit to another’s keeping (þér skulut nú ~ mér til varðveizlu vápn yður);

selja

hann kvazt hvárki vildu ~ grið né taka, he said that he would neither give nor receive pardon;

selja

~ e-m laun, to give reward, pay;

selja

~ fé at láni, to lend money;

selja

~ á leigu, to put out at interest;

selja

~ á frest, to give on credit;

selja

2) to sell, part with (hann seldi land sitt);

selja

~ e-t við litlu (miklu) verði, to sell for a small (great) sum;

selja

~ mansali, to sell into bondage;

selja

þótti þeim konungr út seldr, a done man (= fram seldr);

selja

3) refl., ~st, to give oneself up (~st arfsali);

selja

~st út, to turn out;

selja

aldri mun þat vel út ~st, it will never go well.

selja

II)

selja

f. sallow, willow.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛚᛁᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary