Hleyti

Old Norse Dictionary - hleyti

Meaning of Old Norse word "hleyti" in English.

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

hleyti Old Norse word can mean:

hleyti: n., hleti, or hlœti, in Norse MSS. spelt leyti, whence in mod. Icel. usage leiti

hleyti: I. plur. [for the root see hlaut, hlutr], kin, consanguinity; jöfra hleyti, royal blood, FmS. xi. (in a verse); görva hleyti við e-n, to marry into another’s family, Skv. 1. 34; hvárrgi þeirra Snorra né Arnkels þótti bera mega kviðinn fyrir hleyta sakir við sækjanda ok varnar-aðilja, Eb. 50, viz. Snorri being the brother-in-law to the plaintiff, Arnkell to the defendant; ef hann fengi hennar, heldr en þeim manni er ekki var við þá hleytum bundinn, SkS. 760; nauð-hleytamaðr (q. v.), a near kinsman; eiga hleyti við konu sína (= eiga hjúskap við), 689.

hleyti: 2. a tribe, family; hann var af því kennimaðr at sínu hleyti, 625. 88, ‘in ordine vicis suae ante Deum’ of the Vulgate, Luke i. 8; þá kom at hleyti Zacharias at fremja biskups embætti, Hom. (St.); vil ek at þú gangir í mitt hleyti þó at ek sé nánari, Stj. 425, rendering of ‘tu meo utere privilegio’ of the Vulgate, Ruth iv. 6.

hleyti: II. sing. [hlutr], a share, usually spelt leiti; in the phrase, at nokkru, engu, öllu leiti, for some, none, every part; að mínu, þínu … leiti, for my, thy part, freq. in mod. usage, dropping the aspirate; at sumu leiti, FaS. iii. 159; at mínu leiti, Fb. ii. 204; at nokkuru leiti, iii. 575.

hleyti: 2. of time, a season of the year, mod. leiti; um vetrnátta-leytið, D. n. i. 609; um Hallvarðsvöku-leytið, 392, iii. 206; um Jóla-leiti um Páska-leiti, um Jóns-messuleiti; annat leiti, another time; sögðu at honum þótti annat leiti (sometimes) ekki úfært, en stundum (sometimes) var hann svá hræddr, at …, Orkn. 418; um sama leiti, about the same time; um hvert leiti, at what time? when?

hleyti: COMPDS: hleytamenn, hleytismaðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

plur.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

viz.: namely.

m.: masculine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

sing.: singular.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

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

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