Leistr
Old Norse Dictionary - leistr
Meaning of Old Norse word "leistr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leistr can mean:leistr
- leistr
- m. [Ulf. laists = ἴχνος; A. S. læst; Engl. cobbler’s last; Dan. læst; cp. Germ. leisten, prop. = to follow in the footsteps]:—the foot below the ankle, Edda 100.
- leistr
- 2. a short sock; hefir flagnað framan af fætinum öðrum skinnit með nöglunum á þann hátt sem leistr, BS. i. 618; ok brann í gegnum skóinn ok leistinn (v. l. hosuna), ok fótrinn brann, Þiðr. 358, v. l.: mod., há-leistr, a ‘hough-last,’ a sock reaching to the ankle: poët., hyrjar-leistr, Ýt. 20; leista tré, the leg, Edda 100.
- leistr
- COMPDS: leistabrækr, leistalausS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)