Gleiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - gleiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gleiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gleiðr
- adj., neut. gleitt, [glíða, qs. líða, cp. gliðna], standing astraddle, with one’s legs wide apart. Sturl. ii. 106, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- neut.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)