Mis-leggja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mis-leggja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mis-leggja

lagði, to lay amiss; e-m eru mislagðar hendr, one had ‘mislaid hands,’ i. e. did the wrong thing and left the right undone, Fms. vii. 118, Þorst. Stang. 52, Finnb. 262: also of slovenly or bad work.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᛋ-ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors

Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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