Láð-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - láð-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "láð-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- láð-maðr
- m. [an A. S. word, as the root vowel á = ei shews]:—a loadsman, pilot, guide; Keisarinn sendi konungi herlið mikit ok láðmenn af sínu ríki, FmS. xi. 313, v. l. (cp. the verse), FaS. ii. 304 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚦ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)