Losna
Old Norse Dictionary - losna
Meaning of Old Norse word "losna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word losna can mean:losna
- losna
- að, to get loose, get free, Vsp. 50, Edda 41, Eg. 233, 298; þá réttusk fingrnir ok losnuðu (loosened the grasp) af meðal-kaflanum, Grett. 154.
- losna
- 2. metaph., tók nú bardaginn at losna, the ranks began to get loose, in battle, Sturl. iii. 66; tekr lið hans heldr at losna, Al. 141: losna í sundr, to dissolve, break up, split asunder, Fms. viii. 290, ix. 374, Stj. 580, Hom. 83: to get free, 623. 22: sem þau koma á miðja ána losna fætr undir konunni, i. e. she slipped (cp. lauss á fótum), Bs. ii. 175: to part, leave a place, þætti mér bezt at losna þaðan eigi fyrr en …, Fins, ii. 5; losna brott, id., Fb. ii. 194; áðr þeir losni ór héraði, Ld. 276; fannsk þat á hvers orðum at nauðigr losnaði, Eb. 280.
- losna
- II. reflex. losnask, to get loose, Grett. 135 A.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)