- slysinn
- a. mischievous.* * *adj. mischievous, bringing ill-luck; maðr s. ok rógsamr, Eb. 44: in mod. unlucky (like Germ. fatal), of an awkward fellow who always is blundering, having a broken bone, a cut, or the like.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.