Há-leitr
Old Norse Dictionary - há-leitr
Meaning of Old Norse word "há-leitr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- há-leitr
- adj. high-looking, looking upwards; metaph. sublime, Fms. i. 96, Sturl. ii. 15, Th. 21.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅ-ᛚᛁᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)