Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ljóstr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

Similar Words

LÁ
lá-deyða
lá-garðr
Lá-land
labba

Runic Inscription

ljóstr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ljóstr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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