Lauga

Old Norse Dictionary - lauga

Meaning of Old Norse word "lauga"

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

Old Norse word lauga can mean:lauga

lauga
að. [Swed. löga; cp. Lat. lavare], to bathe; þeir tóku kyrtil Joseph, lauguðu hann ok lituðu í kiðja-blóði, Stj. 194; hann laugaði öxina í blóðinu, Eb. 200; þvá hann ok lauga, Greg. 61; fór hann þá út til Jórdanar ok laugaði sik þar sem siðr er til pálmara, Hkr. iii. 67: a nurse’s term, to bathe a new-born infant, performed in olden times, and perhaps still, with some ceremony.
lauga
II. reflex. to bathe; laugaðisk konungr í ánni Jordan, Fms. vii. 87, 92; allr líkami Lausnarans laugaðist þá í blóði hans, Pass. 3. 9: metaph., laugaðr í leiri ok moldu, Karl. 409; silfri laugat, Fas. iii. 627; laugaðr í rauðu gulli, i. 172.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Lat.
Latin.
Swed.
Swedish.
l.
line.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
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