Leysingi
Old Norse Dictionary - leysingi
Meaning of Old Norse word "leysingi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word leysingi can mean:leysingi
- leysingi
- a, m., also lausingi, leysingr, m., esp. in gen. leysings, n. G. l. i. 29, 33, 36, 49, 238, 345, Grág. i. 185, Jb. 6:—a freedman, Lat. libertus; þræls morð eða leysings, Jb. l. c., Grág. i. 184, 185, 265, 266, Eb. 166, Eg. 740, Ld. 12, 100, Landn. 111, 112, Nj. 59, Fb. i. 538, Fms. i. 114. leysings-eyrir, m. a freedman’s fee, to be paid to his master to the amount of six ounces, n. G. l. i. 36, 39.
- leysingi
- II. a landlouper; harm var náliga lausingi einn félauss, Ld. 38: = lausamaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚢᛋᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)