Líf-lát
Old Norse Dictionary - líf-lát
Meaning of Old Norse word "líf-lát"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word líf-lát can mean:líf-lát
- líf-lát
- n. loss of life, death; andlát (q. v.) is a natural, líflát a violent death, a being put to death, or death from wounds, Ó. H. 74, 219, Fms. i. 46, ii. 30, Ísl. ii. 270, Ld. 8, Bs. i. 78, Fs. 61, Barl. 129.
- líf-lát
- COMPDS: líflátsdagr, líflátsdómr, líflátsverðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚠ-ᛚᛅᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)