Sauð-lauss
Old Norse Dictionary - sauð-lauss
Meaning of Old Norse word "sauð-lauss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sauð-lauss
- adj. sheepless, Grág. ii. 304: a local name, Sauðlauss-dalr, Bs. i. 461, in western Icel., mod. Sauðlauks-dalr (sauðlaukr).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚢᚦ-ᛚᛅᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)