Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1

1. f., pl. lár, the line of shoal water along the shore, edged by the surf; þekti hann at tré flaut í lánni, Mar.; hann hleypr út í lárnar ok bregðr í fiskinn öðrum enda á snærinu, Finnb. 220; líki Pompeius köstuðu þeir á sjá út, ok reiddi þat í lánni, Róm. 232: still in mod. usage:—poët. the sea generally, Lex. Poët.; odd-lá = blood, Höfuðl.; járn-lá.

2

II. = læ, craft, a απ. λεγ. in Vsp.

3

III. hair, Lat. lanugo, cp. lóð; hár heitir lá, Edda 109.

4

2. pres. lái, pret. láði, part. láð; [Ulf. laian = λοιδορειν, John ix. 28, and used strong; A. S. lean; Hel. and O. H. G. lahan]:—to blame; la e-m e-t, eg lái þér það ekki, I do not blame thee for it; or, það er ekki láandi (gerund.), it is excusable. It is curious that no instance is on record from old writers, although the word must be old.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Hel.
Heliand.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
S.
South, Southern.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)

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