Læti
Old Norse Dictionary - lætiMeaning of Old Norse word "læti" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- læti
- n. pl., in dat. látum, [Dan. lader, cp. lát], manner, also including sound; læti er tvennt, læti heitir rödd, læti heitir æði, Edda 110. Vsp. 18; engi þau læti, hljóð eða raddir, Skálda 172; hón kveðr við svá hátt ok öskurliga at slík læti þóttisk konungrinn eigi heyrt hafa, Fb. ii. 26; við askranleg læti, Al. 142; honum þótti íllt at heyra læti þeirra, their wailings, Fms. iv. 369; bæði handa læti ok fóta, Sks. 116; lit ok læti, Skv. 1. 39.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
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