Læmingr
Old Norse Dictionary - læmingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "læmingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- læmingr
- m., pl. læmingjar:—a loom (bird) = lómr, Gísl. 67, cp. 155: metaph., the phrase, í læmingi, by stealth, Gísl. 155; in Vígl. 22 the new Ed. reads í fleymingi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛘᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)