Lækr
Old Norse Dictionary - lækr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lækr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lækr can mean:lækr
- lækr
- 1. m. [i. e. lœkr; Ivar Aasen lök], the umbilical cord, navel string, a midwife’s term, Stj. 198.
- lækr
- 2. m. (i. e. lœkr,—lœkr, œgr, því fegra þykkir hljóða en lækr, ægr, Skálda 178), gen. lækjar, dut. with the article læknum, Ísl. ii. 339, 340, Fms. vi. 351; pl. lækir, gen. lækja, dat. lækjum:—a brook, rivulet, Edda (Gl.), Nj. 69, 155, 244, Ísl. ii. 339, 340, Bs. i. 196. Dropl. 34, Lv. 85, Fms. i. 252, 253, vi. 351, Fb. i. 414, passim, esp. in mod. Icel., in which lækr is always used instead of the Dan. bæk; bæjar-lækr, and in many local names, Brjáns-lækr, Lækjar-bugr, Bs.; Lækjar-skógr, etc.
- lækr
- COMPDS: lækjarduðra, lækjarfall, lækjarfar, lækjargil, lækjaróss, lækjarrás, lækjarspræna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)