Definitions
Definitions
1 laski
a, m. a flaw, fissure in wood.
2 laski
II. the wrist-piece of a gauntlet beneath the thumb, (opp. to ló or lóð = the finger part); the phrase, á ló og laski! The foreman of a fishing-boat divides the catch of fish into two heaps, then throws a glove between these heaps, and turning his face away shouts, á ló og laski! whereupon each man of the crew has, in his turn, to choose either the ló or the laski, and take his share according to the side to which the laski or the ló points.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
laski
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "laski" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).