Lit
Old Norse Dictionary - lit
Meaning of Old Norse word "lit"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lit
- n. [A. S. and Hel. wlite, Ulf. wlits, = πρόσωπον], a glance; a απ. λεγ., augu heita lit, Edda 109; but found in compds, aug-lit, and-lit.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)