Slag

Old Icelandic Dictionary - slag

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "slag" in English.

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

slag Old Icelandic word can mean:

slag
n.
slag
1) blow, stroke (~ undir kinnnina); eigast slög við, to come to blows;
slag
2) fig. blow, defeat; veita, gefa e-m ~, to defeat;
slag
3) skirmish, opp. to a pitched battle (jarl átti tvær fólk-orrustur, en mörg slög ok manndráp);
slag
4) nick of time (í þessu slagi koma þeir af sér akkerinu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛅᚴ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
e-m
einhverjum.

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