Laut

Old Norse Dictionary - laut

Meaning of Old Norse word "laut"

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

laut
f. [lúta; early Swed. löt = pasture, Schlyter], a hollow place, Grett. (in a verse), Lex. Poët.: the word is freq. in mod. usage, but seems not to be recorded in old prose; this word occurs in Landn. 197 (Hjaltdæla-laut).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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