Lína

Old Norse Dictionary - lína

Meaning of Old Norse word "lína"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word lína can mean:lína

lína
u, f. a line, and as a naut. term, the bowline, Edda (Gl.), cp. bóglína: a rope, hann tók glófana, beltið ok knífinn ok línu mjófa, … eptir þat fór hann í festina ok lét línuna draga sik af berginu undir fossinn, Gullþ. 8. Norsemen mostly used ropes of walrus skin (svörðr), but ropes of flax are also mentioned; meðan strengr ok lína brestr eigi, Orkn. (in a verse).
lína
2. mathem. a line, Rb. 472, 474; Miðjarðar-lína and Lína = the Line, Equator, mod.: a line in a book or writing (mod.), skrifa línu-skakkt, to write the lines unevenly.
lína
II. lín, a head-dress; Hlín línu, poët. a lady, Kormak; línu jörð, the earth of the lín = the head, Fms. v. 200 (in a verse); laut und línu, lysti at kyssa, Þkv. 27.
lína
COMPDS: línuakkeri, línustrengr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
naut.
nautical.
þ.
þáttr.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
poët.
poetically.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Þkv.
Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
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