Leið-rétta
Old Norse Dictionary - leið-rétta
Meaning of Old Norse word "leið-rétta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leið-rétta can mean:leið-rétta
- leið-rétta
- 1. t, to put right, mend, correct, redress, Glúm. 341, Fas. i. 512, Bs. i. 142, K. Á. 66: reflex. to mend oneself, be mended, Stj. 117, Sks. 608, Rb. 3, Greg. 47: passim in mod. usage.
- leið-rétta
- 2. u, f. an amending, putting right, K. Á. 226: redress, Sturl. i. 73.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦ-ᚱᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)