Löskr
Old Norse Dictionary - löskr
Meaning of Old Norse word "löskr" (or lǫskr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- löskr (lǫskr)
- adj., acc. löskvan, [cp. Engl. lazy; in early Swed. loska-mader = a bachelor, loska-kona = a spinster, loska-læghe = stuprum; cp. Swed. losk, Dan. luske, and Icel. lið-leskja]:—weak, idle; löskvan láð-mann, Fas. ii. (in a verse); löskr mun hann æ heitinn, Am. 57; löskvan þátt, the weak side (in a moral sense), Harms. 13.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, löskr may be more accurately written as lǫskr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)