Losti
Old Norse Dictionary - losti
Meaning of Old Norse word "losti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word losti can mean:losti
- losti
- a, m. [this word is, according to Grimm, derived from ljósta, to smite, so that ‘lust’ prop. means smiting or being smitten; Ulf. lustus = ἐπιθυμία; A. S. lyst; Engl., Germ., and Dan. lust]:—lust, esp. carnal lust, Hom. 16, 25, Pr. 474, Barl. 27, Orkn. 160; líkams losti, carnal lust, Magn. 466.
- losti
- COMPDS: lostafullr, lostagirnd, lostaliðr, lostasamligr, lostasemd, lostasynd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)