Leiðsla
Old Norse Dictionary - leiðsla
Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðsla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leiðsla can mean:leiðsla
- leiðsla
- u, f. guidance, leading, Hom. 61, Anal. 292; hand-l., passim in mod. usage: metaph. a vision, being ‘led’ in a vision through heaven and hell, as in Dante’s Commedia, the Sólarljóð, and other works of the Middle Ages; leiðsla Rannveigar, Bs. i. 451; Duggals-leiðsla, the Vision of Duggal, an old legend; hence the mod. phrase, ganga í leiðslu, to walk as in absence of mind or distraction.
- leiðsla
- II. burial, interment, Fas. i. 204, Bret.; út-leiðsla. leiðslu-drykkja, u, f. a parting bout, Hkr. iii. 181.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛋᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anal.
- Analecta. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)