Leiðar-steinn
Old Norse Dictionary - leiðar-steinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðar-steinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leiðar-steinn
- n. a loadstone; þá höfðu hafsiglingar-menn engir leiðarstein á Norðrlöndum, Landn. (Hb.) 28, Konr. 29; eptir himin-tungla gang ok eptir leiðarsteini, id.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛅᚱ-ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)