Látr
Old Norse Dictionary - látr
Meaning of Old Norse word "látr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- látr
- m., in old poetry and better láttr, [from lag, as sláttr from slag, Engl. litter]:—the place where animals, esp. seals, whales, lay their young, Gpl. 465: in poetry, Fáfnis láttr, the serpent’s litter = gold: freq. in mod. usage, as also in local names, Látr (pl. Hval-látr), Látra-bjarg, -heiðr, see the map of Iceland.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.