Lærðr
Old Norse Dictionary - lærðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lærðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lærðr
- part., [cp. Old Engl. lered], prop. ‘taught,’ and then learned, a scholar; næmr ok vel lærðr, Bs. i. 127, K. Þ. K. 154; lærðir menn, opp. to leikir menn (laymen); lærðr eða leikr, Dipl. ii. 13; in mod. usage = a scholar; há-lærðr, high learned; ó-lærðr, unlearned; lítt-lærðr, vel-lærðr, freq.; see læra (I).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- opp.
- opposed.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)