LAUT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LAUT

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LAUT

f. [lúta; early Swed. löt = pasture, Schlyter], a hollow place, Grett. (in a verse), Lex. Poët.: the word is freq. in mod. usage, but seems not to be recorded in old prose; this word occurs in Landn. 197 (Hjaltdæla-laut).

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛅᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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