Læmingr

Old Norse Dictionary - læmingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "læmingr" in English.

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

læmingr
m., pl. læmingjar:—a loom (bird) = lómr, Gísl. 67, cp. 155: metaph., the phrase, í læmingi, by stealth, Gísl. 155; in Vígl. 22 the new Ed. reads í fleymingi.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Vígl.
Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
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