Læðingr

Old Norse Dictionary - læðingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "læðingr" in English.

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

læðingr: m. (spelt levðingr in Cod. Reg.), [from læðask?], the name of the charmed fetter with which the wolf Fenrir was bound in the mythical tale, Edda 19.

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

Abbreviations used:

Cod.: Codex.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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