And-lit
Old Norse Dictionary - and-lit
Meaning of Old Norse word "and-lit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word and-lit can mean:and-lit
- and-lit
- n. and annlit, [and-, adversus, and líta; Ulf. andavleizns = πρύσωπον; A. S. andvlite; Germ. antlitz], a face, countenance; á andliti þeirra, 623. 61; sá ek annlit þitt, id., Nj. 16; þangat horfi anlit er hnakki skyldi, n. G. L. i. 12; Hom. 7 renders in faciem by í andliti. Metaph. auglit is used as more dignified; í augliti Guðs (not andliti), ενώπιον του Θεου, in the eyes or sight of God.
- and-lit
- COMPDS: andlitsbjörg, andlitsfarinn, andlitsmein, andlitssköp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏ-ᛚᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)