Leið-rétting
Old Norse Dictionary - leið-rétting
Meaning of Old Norse word "leið-rétting"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leið-rétting
- f. (leið-réttan less correct, Bs. i. 166, cp. Gramm. p. xxxi), a setting right, correction, Hom. 12. 104, Post. 656 A. ii. 7: passim in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦ-ᚱᛁᛏᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)