Lamb
Old Norse Dictionary - lamb
Meaning of Old Norse word "lamb"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lamb can mean:lamb
- lamb
- n. [common to all Teut. languages], a lamb, Fms. viii. 253, Ld. 170, Hom. 82, Grág. i. 415, Stj. 279, Gullþ. 26, passim; lambið mitt! lambið gott! my dear lamb! lambkin! an address.
- lamb
- COMPDS: lambaflokkr, lambahús, lambarekstr, lambasótt, lambasúra, lambseldi, lambsgæra.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛘᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)