Mis-leggja
Old Norse Dictionary - mis-leggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "mis-leggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mis-leggja
- lagði, to lay amiss; e-m eru mislagðar hendr, one had ‘mislaid hands,’ i. e. did the wrong thing and left the right undone, Fms. vii. 118, Þorst. Stang. 52, Finnb. 262: also of slovenly or bad work.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛋ-ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
Works & Authors cited:
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)