Sýla

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sýla

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sýla" in English.

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

sýla
(-da, -dr), v. to make stiff with ice (kuflinn var sýldr allr); impers., to turn into ice (sýldi hvern dropa, er inn kom); benjarnar sýldi, the wounds became stiff with cold.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚᛅ

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.

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