Læri-sveinn
Old Norse Dictionary - læri-sveinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "læri-sveinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word læri-sveinn can mean:læri-sveinn
- læri-sveinn
- 1. m. a ‘lore-swain,’ disciple, FmS. i. 134, Gþl. 40; Eyjólfr virði Þorlák mest allra sinna lærisveina, BS. i. 91, and passim in the N. T. (the disciples of Christ), Vídal., PasS.: freq. in mod. usage = schoolboy.
- læri-sveinn
- 2. this word is a translation of A. S. leorning-cniht, a word used in Ælfric’s English at the time when Christianity was transported from England to Norway and Iceland; at a still earlier time the English rendered ‘discipulus’ by ‘þegn’ (Gregory’s Pastoral Care).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚱᛁ-ᛋᚢᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.