Hlað

Old Norse Dictionary - hlað

Meaning of Old Norse word "hlað" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hlað Old Norse word can mean:

hlað: 1. n. [North. E. lad; cp. hlaða], a pile, stack (= hlaði), n. G. L. i. 136, 257.

hlað: 2. a barn (= hlaða), n. G. L. i. 137: but in IceL. usually,

hlað: 3. the pavement or court-yard in front of a homestead, Nj. 197, ÍsL. ii. 204, 252, BS. i. 66, SturL. iii. 141, 279.

hlað: 2. n. [this word is freq. used in poems and in pr. names of the heathen time, and although it is aspirated (as shewn by allit. in verses) and has a final ð, yet it may be derived, prob. through A. S., from Lat. laqueus; ItaL. lazio; old Fr. lacs; Span, lazo; EngL. lace]:—lace, lace-work; feldr búinn hlöðum, a laced cloak, FaS. ii. 70; kyrtill hlaði búinn, O. H. L. 2 and passim; it is also used of bracelets worn on the arms, so in Bjarn. (in a verse), cp. the compd hlað-hönd. From wearing lace and bracelets a woman is in poetry called hlað-grund, hlað-nipt, hlað-norn, hlað-guðr; a distinction is made between gull-hlað, gold lace, which was worn round the head, esp. by ladies, but also by men, Orkn. 280 old Ed., FmS. ii. 264, iv. 72, vii. 34, and silki-hlað, silk lace, a ribbon:—hlað belongs also to a priestly dress, Vm. 31, 38, 77, DipL. iii. 4.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

L.: Linnæus.

n.: neuter.

North. E.: Northern English.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

esp.: especially.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gl.: glossary.

Ital.: Italian.

Lat.: Latin.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

pr.: proper, properly.

prob.: probably.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

O. H. L.: Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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