Leiptr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Leiptr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 leiptr

m., gen. leiptrs, a kind of whale or dolphin, Dan. lyft, Edda (Gl.); hnísa … eða leiptr er eigi verðr lengri en sjau álna, Sks. 203, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛁᛒᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Gr.
Greek.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
neut.
neuter.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
sing
singular.
sing.
singular.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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