Lön
Old Norse Dictionary - lön
Meaning of Old Norse word "lön" (or lǫn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lön can mean:lön
- lön (lǫn)
- f., pl. lanar, mod. lanir, a small oblong hayrick, freq. in mod. usage: poët., hræs lanar, heaps of corpses, Höfuðl.
- lön (lǫn)
- 2. [cp. Engl. lane], a row of houses, D. N. ii. 498, iii. 862.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lön may be more accurately written as lǫn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
Works & Authors cited:
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)