Lauf
Old Norse Dictionary - lauf
Meaning of Old Norse word "lauf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lauf can mean:lauf
- lauf
- n. [Ulf. laufs = φύλλον; A. S. and Engl. leaf; Germ. laub; Dan. löv; Swed. löf]:—a leaf, foliage, Hðm. 5, FS. 135; aldin eða lauf, Gret. 14, SkS. 105; rjúpna-lauf:—metaph., lauf á hjálmi, El. 17, Sturl. iii. 140: in local names, Lauf-áss, whence Laufæsingar, the men from L.
- lauf
- COMPDS: laufadráttr, laufafettir, laufblað, laufgóðr, laufgrænn, laufgyltr, laufhús, laufsegl, laufsettr, laufskáli, laufskálahátíð, laufsteindr, laufviði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)