Leik-bróðir
Old Norse Dictionary - leik-bróðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "leik-bróðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leik-bróðir can mean:leik-bróðir
- leik-bróðir
- m. a play-fellow, Fær. 58.
- leik-bróðir
- II. [Lat. laicus], a lay-brother received into a convent, D. N. iv. 89.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚴ-ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)