Ljóstr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ljóstr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ljóstr

m., the r is radical, [Scot. leister; Ivar Aasen ljoster; Swed. ljustra; Scot. leister; cp. the description in Scott’s Guy Mannering]:—a salmon-spear, Pr. 454: metaph. in upp-ljóstr.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚢᛋᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
p.
page.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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