Sýsla
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sýslaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sýsla" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sýsla Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sýsla
- I)
- sýsla
- (að; older sýsta, sýstr), v.
- sýsla
- 1) to do, effect (E. konungr hafði mart sýst í landinu, þat er nytsemd var í); with dat., þá er hann hefir sýst eyrendum sínum, when he had done his errand; s. e-t at, to effect (þeir sýstu þat eitt at, at þeir sættust á víg Snorra); var svá til sýst, at, it was so arranged that; s. um e-t, to busy oneself with (hón sýsti um þörf gesta);
- sýsla
- 2) to procure, get (voru honum skjótt ~ðir hestar).
- sýsla
- II)
- sýsla
- f.
- sýsla
- 1) business, work; hjón sátu þar, héldu á sýslu, busy at their work; ganga um sýslur manna, to go about as an overseer;
- sýsla
- 2) stewardship (hafa sýslu á Hálogalandi);
- sýsla
- 3) district, prefecture; also a diocese.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛋᛚᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
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