Lind
Old Norse Dictionary - lind
Meaning of Old Norse word "lind"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lind can mean:lind
- lind
- f., dat. lindi, Eg. 567 (in a verse), [A. S. lind; Engl. linden, lime; O. H. G. linta; Germ. linde; Dan. lind]:—a lime-tree, Edda (gl.), Merl. 2, 88, Pr. 406, passim, see Lex. Poët.
- lind
- II. metaph. a shield (of lime-wood), Rm. 32, Vsp. 50; steind lind, a stained shield, Lex. Poët.; as also a spear, FaS. ii. 320 (in a verse), Lex. Poët.: bauga lind, Völ. 5, is dubious, perhaps = lime-bast, on which the rings were strung.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)