Lauðrungr
Old Norse Dictionary - lauðrungrMeaning of Old Norse word "lauðrungr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lauðrungr
- or löðrungr, m. a box on the ear, prob. metaph. from washing and lathering the head; [cp. vulgar Engl. to lather = to beat.]
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prob.
- probably.