Laukr
Old Norse Dictionary - laukr
Meaning of Old Norse word "laukr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word laukr can mean:laukr
- laukr
- m. [A. S. leâc; Engl. leek; O. H. G. louh; Germ. lauch; Swed. lök; Dan. lög]:—a leek; hón hafði þar gört í steinkatli stappalauk (onion) ok önnur grös, ok gaf at éta enum sárum mönnum, þvíat kenndi af laukinum út ór sári því er á hol var, Ó. H. 223.
- laukr
- 2. in old writers and in poetry esp. garlic (geir-laukr, q. v.), FaS. 176, 205, 246; þá var grund gróin grænum lauki, Vsp. 4; lítið kveða lauki gæft til auka, a saying, Sighvat, Lex. Poët., passim.
- laukr
- 3. metaph. of sleek, taper-formed things; réttr sem laukr, straight as a leek, Játv. 4, Pr. 406 (lauk-jafn); blóð-laukr, a sword; ítr-laukr, q. v.; a mast is called the leek of a ship, Edda 91, Lex. Poët.; ættar-laukr, the ‘leek of a family,’ the best man of a family.
- laukr
- 4. the oily skin of sea birds is called laukr, e. g. kofna-laukr, the skin of a young puffin.
- laukr
- COMPDS: laukagarðr, laukshöfuð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᚴᚱ
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.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- esp.
- especially.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Játv.
- Játvarðar Saga. (E. II.)