Leiðar-stjarna
Old Norse Dictionary - leiðar-stjarna
Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðar-stjarna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leiðar-stjarna
- u, f. the lodestar, Symb. 31, Rb. 464, Fms. x. 112, Mar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛅᚱ-ᛋᛏᛁᛅᚱᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)