Sigla

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

sigla Old Icelandic word can mean:

sigla

I)

sigla

(-da, -t), v.

sigla

1) to sail;

sigla

~ af landi, to stand off the land;

sigla

~ at landi, to stand in to land;

sigla

~ í haf, á haf, til hafs, to stand out to sea;

sigla

~ á skip, to run into a ship;

sigla

~ meira, to set more sails;

sigla

~ um e-n, to sail by one;

sigla

~ um Eyrarsund, to sail through the Sound;

sigla

~ um, to get under weigh, set sail (þegar er þeir höfðu um siglt, þá gaf þeim byr);

sigla

with the course in acc., þat er sögn manna, at Skopti hafi fyrstr Norðmanna siglt Njörvasund, was the first Northman to sail through N.;

sigla

with the weather in acc. (þeir ~ norðr um Sognsæ byr góðan ok bjart veðr);

sigla

veðr ~nda, weather fit for sailing;

sigla

2) fig., ~ á veðr e-m, to get to windward of one, take the wind out of his sails (engi maðr mun hafa siglt á veðr jafnmörgum höfðingjum);

sigla

~ milli skers ok báru, to sail between Scylla and Charybdis;

sigla

3) to go as with sails (sigldi íkorninn í milli limanna á öðru tré).

sigla

II)

sigla

f. mast (fyrir framan siglu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᛚᛅ

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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