Leiðar-skeið
Old Norse Dictionary - leiðar-skeið
Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðar-skeið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leiðar-skeið
- n. the season of the Leet, the Leet month, Landn. (Hb.) 291; cp. Nj. ch. 87, ‘um haustið … lúka heyverkum.’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛅᚱ-ᛋᚴᛁᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)