Læ
Old Norse Dictionary - læMeaning of Old Norse word "læ" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
læ Old Norse word can mean:
- læ
- n., dat. lævi, [Ulf. lew = ἀφορμή and lewian = παραδιδόναι; cp. A. S. læwa = a traitor]:—fraud, craft; ljóða læ, the treason of the people, Hkr. i. 255 (in a verse).
- læ
- 2. craft, art, skill, Vsp. 18, where it is spelt lá; önd, óðr, and læ were the three mental gifts of the three gods who made man.
- læ
- 3. bane; sviga læ, ‘switch-bane,’ poët. the fire, Vsp. 52; frið-læ, n breach of peace, Edda (Ht.); klungrs læ, a fire, FmS. vii. 66 (in a verse): a plague, evil, biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil, Hm. 137; hes lausn, a release from evil, O. H. (in a verse); löng eru 1ýða læ (pl.), long are the people’s woes, Sdm. 2; blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air, Vsp. 29.
- læ
- II. = lá, the sea, a different word, [Scot. le or lee], water, liquor; gríðar læ, the ogress sea = the blood, Höfuðl. (but a doubtful passage): læ-baugr, m. the sea circle = the horizon, sky = veðr metonymically, Ó. H. 171 (in a verse).
- læ
- COMPDS: læblandinn, lægjarn, læskjarr, læspjöll, læstyggr, lætrauðr, lævísi, lævísliga, lævísS.
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:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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