Stríð-leikr
Old Norse Dictionary - stríð-leikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "stríð-leikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word stríð-leikr can mean:stríð-leikr
- stríð-leikr
- (-leiki), m. vehemence, of a stream, Sks. 154; s. vatnsins, id.
- stríð-leikr
- 2. metaph. severity, rigour, Sks. 639, H. E. i. 515: sullenness, obstinacy. Fms. iv. 165.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᛁᚦ-ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)