Laft

Old Norse Dictionary - laft

Meaning of Old Norse word "laft" in English.

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

laft
n., Ivar Aasen laft = the coin or joint in a wooden building, D. n. passim; cp. lopt. laft-steinn, m. a laft stone, D. n.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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