Löstr
Old Norse Dictionary - löstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "löstr" (or lǫstr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word löstr can mean:löstr
- löstr (lǫstr)
- m., gen. lastar, Ó. H. 176, line 3; mod. lösts; dat. lesti, pl. lestir; acc. löstu:—a fault, flaw; en ef lestir eru á, Gþl. 499; sá löstr er vér köllum nykrat eðr finngálknat, Skálda 187; brag-löstr, a metrical fault, Sighvat: allit., kost ok löst, Nj. 23, see kostr; löstu ok kostu, Hm. 134; skap-löstr, fault of temper, Ó. H. 176:—a blunder, af lesti pentarans, Mar.
- löstr (lǫstr)
- II. metaph. in a moral sense, misbehaviour; hann skal bæta kirkjunni löstinn (his misdemeanour) tólf aurum, K. Þ. K. 26; ekki nema lestir þeir sé at þeim at þau verði at verri, Grág. i. 275.
- löstr (lǫstr)
- 2. a vice; löstr ofdrykkjunnar, Fms. viii. 251; ek skal finna löstinn, Ó. H. 175, freq. in mod. usage, n. T., Vídal., Pass.
- löstr (lǫstr)
- COMPDS: lastafullr, lastalauss.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, löstr may be more accurately written as lǫstr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.