Leikr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Leikr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 leikr

m. an inflexion or termination, see Gramm. p. xxxiii, col. 1.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
acc.
accusative.
ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
North. E.
Northern English.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
plur.
plural.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
S.
South, Southern.
s. v.
sub verbo.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide, verb.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Arna-Magn.
Arna-Magnacanus.
Boll.
Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fagrsk.
Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Íb.
Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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