Skuld-lauss
Old Norse Dictionary - skuld-lauss
Meaning of Old Norse word "skuld-lauss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skuld-lauss
- adj. ‘debtless,’ free from debt, N. G. L. i. 32: of property, unincumbered, Grág. i. 444; fé skuldlaust, Gullþ. 8: metaph., e-m er e-t skuldlaust, ‘tis no business of one’s, uncalled for, Nj. 185.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛏ-ᛚᛅᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)