Læknir
Old Norse Dictionary - læknir
Meaning of Old Norse word "læknir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word læknir can mean:læknir
- læknir
- m. a leech, physician, Sdm. 11, Nj. 89, MS. 623, 40, FaS. iii. 644, Hkr. ii. 376, Mar., Stj., BS. i. 640 sqq., passim.
- læknir
- COMPDS: læknisdómr, læknisfé, læknisfingr, læknisgras, læknishendr, læknislyf.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚴᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)