Lindi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Lindi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 lindi

1. a, m. [prop., as it seems, from lind = a string of lime-bast], a belt, girdle, Vkv. 17, Hkr. i. 82, Fms. i. 217, vi. 61, Bjarn. 19, 62, Rb. 438, 470, Magn. 468; eigi lagði verri maðr linda at sér, no worse man ever belted himself, Finnb. 260; lindi af lérepti, Bs. i. 317: a belt belonging to a priest’s dress, Vm. 115, = messufata-lindi, Fms. iv. 111. In mod. usage lindi is any twist of wool or hair wound round the waist, hár-lindi, band-lindi, silki-lindi, hnjósku-lindi, q. v.: poët. the sea is called Siggjar-lindi, Raðar-lindi, = the belt of the islands, Lex. Poët.

2 lindi

COMPDS: lindabindi, lindalag, lindastaðr.

3 lindi

2. n. a lime-tree, = lind, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚾᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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