Slœgja

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

slœgja Old Icelandic word can mean:

slœgja

I)

slœgja

(-ða, -ðr), v.

slœgja

1) to cheat, entice, ensnare (s. hug e-s ok hjarta);

slœgja

2) impers., e-n slœgir til e-s, one has a mind to, desires; eigi slœgir mik hér til langvista í Norvegi, I am not tempted to linger here in Norway;

slœgja

3) refl., ~st til e-s, to seek for a thing, of gain; hér er til lítils at s., but little profit to be had; Þórðr unni henni lítit, hafði hann mjök slœgzt til fjár, Th. loved her but little, and had married her for her money’s sake.

slœgja

II)

slœgja

f. gain, = slœgr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᚢᚴᛁᛅ

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• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary