Lestr
Old Norse Dictionary - lestr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lestr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lestr can mean:lestr
- lestr
- f. a lesson, portion for reading; Kristr mælti sjálfr enn í þeirri helgu lestr, Hom. 63; svá sem heilagr páfi Leo segir í lestinni, 671 B. 3.
- lestr
- II. in mod. usage, lestr, m., gen. lestrar and lestri, reading; gékk lestrinn seint ok tregliga, Bs. i. 155; gékk fram lestrinn djákna, 871, freq. in mod. usage:—home-service = húslestr, q. v.; vera við lestr, heyra lestr, to attend to a lestr; fyrir lestr, in the forenoon; eptir lestr, in the afternoon on Sundays, see húslestr.
- lestr
- COMPDS: lestrarkver, lestrbók, lestrarkór.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)