Lim-hlaupa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Lim-hlaupa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 lim-hlaupa

adj., prop. of a horse = bógsiga, wrung in the withers: metaph. cowed, prostrate, þér látið mikilliga, en þegar ríkra manna orð koma til yðar, þá eru þér þegar limhlaupa, Sturl. i. 14; þeir Hörgdælir vóru orðnir svá limhlaupa fyrir Guðmundi, at …, 163.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᛘ-ᚼᛚᛅᚢᛒᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
l.: Linnæus.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.

Works & Authors

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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