Sýslumaðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sýslumaðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sýslumaðr" in English.

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

sýslumaðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

sýslumaðr
m.
sýslumaðr
1) worker (~ mikill ok starfsmaðr góðr);
sýslumaðr
2) bailiff, the king’s steward (at the same time justice and tax-gatherer).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛋᛚᚢᛘᛅᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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