LEYGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LEYGR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LEYGR

in., gen. leygjar and leygs, [akin to logi], a lowe, fire, flame, freq. in old poetry, singly as well as in compds, but never used in prose; esp. freq. in poët. circumlocutions of gold and weapons; báru-leygr, the waves’ beam = gold; arm-leygr, the flasb of the arm = a bracelet; und-leygr, the flash of a wound, of blood, of Odin, etc. = a weapon, see Lex. Poët. leyg-för, f. a fire (Lat. incendium), Fms. ix. 533 (in a verse).

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚢᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
gl
glossary.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
loc
local, locally.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
sing
singular.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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