Læ

Signification du mot vieux norrois "læ"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois læ peut signifier :læ

læ

n., dat. lævi, [Ulf. lew = ἀφορμή and lewian = παραδιδόναι; cp. A. S. læwa = a traitor]:—fraud, craft; ljóða læ, the treason of the people, Hkr. i. 255 (in a verse).

læ

2. craft, art, skill, Vsp. 18, where it is spelt lá; önd, óðr, and læ were the three mental gifts of the three gods who made man.

læ

3. bane; sviga læ, ‘switch-bane,’ poët. the fire, Vsp. 52; frið-læ, n breach of peace, Edda (Ht.); klungrs læ, a fire, FmS. vii. 66 (in a verse): a plague, evil, biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil, Hm. 137; hes lausn, a release from evil, O. H. (in a verse); löng eru 1ýða læ (pl.), long are the people’s woes, Sdm. 2; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air, Vsp. 29.

læ

II. = lá, the sea, a different word, [Scot. le or lee], water, liquor; gríðar læ, the ogress sea = the blood, Höfuðl. (but a doubtful passage): læ-baugr, m. the sea circle = the horizon, sky = veðr metonymically, Ó. H. 171 (in a verse).

læ

COMPDS: læblandinn, lægjarn, læskjarr, læspjöll, læstyggr, lætrauðr, lævísi, lævísliga, lævísS.

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