Lausn
Old Norse Dictionary - lausn
Meaning of Old Norse word "lausn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lausn can mean:lausn
- lausn
- f. release, liberation; hann lagði á hvern þeirra verk ok lausn, he put a work and ransom on each of his bondsmen, i. e. he gave them a chance of emancipating themselves by paying a fixed sum of money, Ó. H. 28: eccl. redemption, til hjálpar ok lausnar öllu mannkyni, Mar.; þat man okkr vera til engra lausna, Hom. 155; fyrir vára lausn þoldi hann písl., id.; áðr sú lausn kom er heitin var Abraham, 51, Stj., N. T., Pass., Vidal. passim; endr-lausn, q. v.:—right of redemption, B. K. 40:—absolution from sin or ban, Bs. i. 287, Fms. ix. 524; hann tók lausn af sjálfum pávanum, Nj. 281, K. Á. 38, 76, Bs. i. 710, passim; af-lausn, q. v.: release from a duty, Fms. x. 21.
- lausn
- II. decision, judgment; en er konungs son var búinn at segja fram lausnir mála, Sks. 643; þar var lausn ok band allra vanda-mála, Fb. ii. 71; eiga lausn á máli, to decide in a case, Bs. i. 708:—plur. lausnir, in þing-lausnir, q. v.
- lausn
- COMPDS: lausnargjald, lausnarmark, lausnarsteinn, lausnartíðindi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᛋᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)