Lauðr

Old Norse Dictionary - lauðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "lauðr" in English.

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

lauðr Old Norse word can mean:

lauðr: n., mod. löðr, but the diphthong is borne out by old rhymes as, lauðri, rauða, FmS. vi. 47 (in a verse); nauð, vii. 66; as also by the derivative leyðra, q. v.: [A. S. leaðor = a kind of nitre, used for soap; Engl. lather]:—the froth or foam of the sea water; lauðr var lagt í beði, FmS. vi. 180 (in a verse); ljótu lauðri dreif á lypting, id.; alda lauðri faldin, Orkn. (in a verse); viðr þolir nauð í lauðri, FmS. vii. (in a verse): lauðr Óðins elda, poët. = the blood, Gísl. (in a verse); haf-lauðr, sea-scum, Lex. poët.; vápn-lauðr = blood.

lauðr: II. in prose esp. of a kind of nitre or soap used in cleaning, e. g. the head; cp. Swed. lodder = a kind of soap, Engl. lather; ok þó hón höfuð hans, … ok hafði hón eigi þvegit lauðr ór höfði honum, Ísl. ii. 333 (Heiðarv. S.): líneik (the maid) strauk lauðri um skör mína, Vígl. 82 new Ed. (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

cp.: compare.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

esp.: especially.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Heiðarv. S.: Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

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