LAFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LAFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LAFA

pres. lafi, pret. lafði, pass. pret. neut. lafað:—to hang, dangle, as a flap; loddi köggullinn á sinunum—þá mælti Oddi, lát lafa, muna þeir mein er þiggja, Lv. 86; kom á fótinn við öklat, ok tók af svá at lafði við, Sturl. ii. 70; þat it litla ok vesalliga (höfuð) sem lafir á þínum hálsi, Bjarn. 68: metaph. to dangle, ok þykki mér sem ekki torfæri sé á leið minni þóttú lafir á stigum, Fs. 32; lengi hefi ek lifat í haugi mínum ok lafat á fé, Fas. ii. 271.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛅᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gl
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
neut.
neuter.
pass.
passive, passively.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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