Lami
Old Norse Dictionary - lami
Meaning of Old Norse word "lami"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lami
- or lama, adj. [A. S. lam; Engl. lame; O. H. G. lâm; Germ. lahm]:—a lame person; liggja lami, Hom. 116; lama eðr vanheilir, FmS. ii. 225; skakkr eða lami, 656 B. 7: maimed, Grág. ii. 286: metaph. paralysed, Hom. 12: fót-lami, foot-lame.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)