Lindi

Old Norse Dictionary - lindi

Meaning of Old Norse word "lindi"

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

Old Norse word lindi can mean:lindi

lindi
1. a, m. [prop., as it seems, from lind = a string of lime-bast], a belt, girdle, Vkv. 17, Hkr. i. 82, Fms. i. 217, vi. 61, Bjarn. 19, 62, Rb. 438, 470, Magn. 468; eigi lagði verri maðr linda at sér, no worse man ever belted himself, Finnb. 260; lindi af lérepti, Bs. i. 317: a belt belonging to a priest’s dress, Vm. 115, = messufata-lindi, Fms. iv. 111. In mod. usage lindi is any twist of wool or hair wound round the waist, hár-lindi, band-lindi, silki-lindi, hnjósku-lindi, q. v.: poët. the sea is called Siggjar-lindi, Raðar-lindi, = the belt of the islands, Lex. poët.
lindi
COMPDS: lindabindi, lindalag, lindastaðr.
lindi
2. n. a lime-tree, = lind, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
prop.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Vkv.
Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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