Laft
Old Norse Dictionary - laft
Meaning of Old Norse word "laft"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- laft
- n., Ivar Aasen laft = the coin or joint in a wooden building, D. n. passim; cp. lopt. laft-steinn, m. a laft stone, D. n.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚠᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.