Lauðr
Old Norse Dictionary - lauðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lauðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lauðr can mean:lauðr
- lauðr
- n., mod. löðr, but the diphthong is borne out by old rhymes as, lauðri, rauða, FmS. vi. 47 (in a verse); nauð, vii. 66; as also by the derivative leyðra, q. v.: [A. S. leaðor = a kind of nitre, used for soap; Engl. lather]:—the froth or foam of the sea water; lauðr var lagt í beði, FmS. vi. 180 (in a verse); ljótu lauðri dreif á lypting, id.; alda lauðri faldin, Orkn. (in a verse); viðr þolir nauð í lauðri, FmS. vii. (in a verse): lauðr Óðins elda, poët. = the blood, Gísl. (in a verse); haf-lauðr, sea-scum, Lex. poët.; vápn-lauðr = blood.
- lauðr
- II. in prose esp. of a kind of nitre or soap used in cleaning, e. g. the head; cp. Swed. lodder = a kind of soap, Engl. lather; ok þó hón höfuð hans, … ok hafði hón eigi þvegit lauðr ór höfði honum, Ísl. ii. 333 (Heiðarv. S.): líneik (the maid) strauk lauðri um skör mína, Vígl. 82 new Ed. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- esp.
- especially.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Heiðarv. S.
- Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)