Sjón
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sjónMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sjón" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sjón Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sjón
- f.
- sjón
- 1) sight, eyesight (heyrn ok s.); s. er sögu ríkri, sight goes before hearsay; var þeim s. sögu ríkri um ferðir Knúts, they had ocular proof of; missa sjónar at auganu, to lose the sight of the eye;
- sjón
- 2) look; sundr stökk súla fyrir s. jötuns, the pillar flew asunder at the look of the giant;
- sjón
- 3) esp. in pl. the eyes (sá hón fránar sjónir fylkis liðnar); svart er mér fyrir sjónum, my eyes grow dim; leiða e-n sjónum, to fix one’s eyes upon a person (forn jötunn sjónum leiddi sinn andskota).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚢᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- esp.
- especially.
- pl.
- plural.
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