Limr
Old Norse Dictionary - limr
Meaning of Old Norse word "limr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word limr can mean:limr
- limr
- m., gen. limar, pl. limir, acc. limu, limi, SkS. 107 new Ed., as also mod.; [A. S. lim; Engl. limb; Swed.-Dan. lem]:—a limb; á sínum limum, Hom. 126; um nasar eða aðra limu, BS. i. 522; manna-höfuð ok af höggnir limir, FmS. i. 171; limuna, BS. ii. 158, 168; leysa limu sína, Sturl. ii. 90: allit., líf ok limu, life and limb, Eg. 89; er viðr liggr líf eða limir, Gþl. 550; lífs grið ok lima, Eb. 310.
- limr
- 2. metaph., limu Guðs, Mar.; limu Fjándans, Devil’s limb, FmS. viii. 221.
- limr
- II. a joint of meat; var á brautu einn limr oxans, Ísl. ii. 331; þrjá limu kjöts, Vm. 119; nauta-limir, hálfr fjórði tigr, Dipl. v. 18; limr slátrs, n. G. l. ii. 176.
- limr
- III. = lim, n.; hvern lim eða kvist þeirrar ræðu, SkS. 568.
- limr
- COMPDS: limaburðr, limafall, limagrið, limalát, limaljótr, limavöxtr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛘᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)