Lýsing
Old Norse Dictionary - lýsing
Meaning of Old Norse word "lýsing"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lýsing can mean:lýsing
- lýsing
- f. light, illumination, K. Á. 100.
- lýsing
- 2. the daybreak, dawn; í lysing þessa dags, Hom. 80; hann andaðisk þann sama morgun í lýsing, Fms. ii. 195: bíða lýsingar, iv. 151, ix. 46.
- lýsing
- II. metaph. declaration, publication, Grág. i. 18, Nj. 110, Gþl. 307.
- lýsing
- 2. the bans of marriage, K. Á. 110, Bs. i. 742. COMPBS: lýsingar-skeið, n. the time of daybreak, Fms. viii. 337. lýsingar-váttr, m. a witness to a declaration, a law term, Nj. 233. lýsingar-vætti, n. an attestation to a lýsing, Nj. 87.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)