Lost-verk
Old Norse Dictionary - lost-verk
Meaning of Old Norse word "lost-verk"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lost-verk
- n. pl. a labour of love: the phrase, létt eru lostverk (mod. létt falla l.), a labour of love falls light, Hom. (St.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛏ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)