Af-leiðis
Old Norse Dictionary - af-leiðis
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-leiðis"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word af-leiðis can mean:af-leiðis
- af-leiðis
- adv.
- af-leiðis
- 1. loc. astray, out of the path, Sd. 146, 655 xvii. 4.
- af-leiðis
- 2. metaph., færa a., to pervert, Stj. 227, 519; þeir lugu á okkr, en þú færðir orð þeirra a., you perverted their words, Bs. i. 7, Glúm. 327; Snúa e-m a., to seduce, Andr. 625. 75.
- af-leiðis
- β. impers., e-u þokar a., turns out wrong, Bs. i. 340.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛁᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- v.
- vide.
- loc.
- local, locally.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Andr.
- Andreas Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)