Lá
Old Norse Dictionary - láMeaning of Old Norse word "lá" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lá Old Norse word can mean:
- lá
- 1. f., pl. lár, the line of shoal water along the shore, edged by the surf; þekti hann at tré flaut í lánni, Mar.; hann hleypr út í lárnar ok bregðr í fiskinn öðrum enda á snærinu, Finnb. 220; líki Pompeius köstuðu þeir á sjá út, ok reiddi þat í lánni, Róm. 232: still in mod. usage:—poët. the sea generally, Lex. poët.; odd-lá = blood, Höfuðl.; járn-lá.
- lá
- II. = læ, craft, a απ. λεγ. in Vsp.
- lá
- III. hair, Lat. lanugo, cp. lóð; hár heitir lá, Edda 109.
- lá
- 2. pres. lái, pret. láði, part. láð; [Ulf. laian = λοιδορειν, John ix. 28, and used strong; A. S. lean; Hel. and O. H. G. lahan]:—to blame; la e-m e-t, eg lái þér það ekki, I do not blame thee for it; or, það er ekki láandi (gerund.), it is excusable. It is curious that no instance is on record from old writers, although the word must be old.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)