Ljóstr
Old Norse Dictionary - ljóstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ljóstr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ljóstr
- m., the r is radical, [Scot. leister; Ivar Aasen ljoster; Swed. ljustra; Scot. leister; cp. the description in Scott’s Guy Mannering]:—a salmon-spear, Pr. 454: metaph. in upp-ljóstr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.