Leikari
Old Norse Dictionary - leikari
Meaning of Old Norse word "leikari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leikari can mean:leikari
- leikari
- a, m. [North. E. laker], a player, esp. a fiddler, jester, MS. 623. 18, FmS. viii. 207, Fagrsk. (in a verse), Hkr. i. 30, Al. 41, Th. 77.
- leikari
- COMPDS: leikaraskapr, leikarasöngr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚴᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)