LEISTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LEISTR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LEISTR

m. [Ulf. laists = ἴχνος; A. S. læst; Engl. cobbler’s last; Dan. læst; cp. Germ. leisten, prop. = to follow in the footsteps]:—the foot below the ankle, Edda 100.

2 LEISTR

2. a short sock; hefir flagnað framan af fætinum öðrum skinnit með nöglunum á þann hátt sem leistr, Bs. i. 618; ok brann í gegnum skóinn ok leistinn (v. l. hosuna), ok fótrinn brann, Þiðr. 358, v. l.: mod., há-leistr, a ‘hough-last,’ a sock reaching to the ankle: poët., hyrjar-leistr, Ýt. 20; leista tré, the leg, Edda 100.

3 LEISTR

COMPDS: leistabrækr, leistalauss.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛁᛋᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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