Lauðrungr

Old Norse Dictionary - lauðrungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "lauðrungr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

lauðrungr
or löðrungr, m. a box on the ear, prob. metaph. from washing and lathering the head; [cp. vulgar Engl. to lather = to beat.]

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
prob.
probably.

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