Laug

Old Norse Dictionary - laug

Meaning of Old Norse word "laug" in English.

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

laug Old Norse word can mean:

laug: f., old dat. laugu; with the article laugunni, Rd. 276, Thom. 484, but lauginni, Sturl. ii. 98, FmS. vii. 150; pl. laugar: [cp. Swed. lör; Dan. löver in lör-dag, löver-dag, = Icel. laugar-dagr, q. v.]:—a bath; hón varðveitti barn drottningar óborit meðan hón var í laugu, Landn. 110; taka laugar, FS. 72; þar vóru laugar görvar, en er konungr var í lauginni var tjaldat yfir kerit, FmS. vii. 150; prestr er skyldr at vígja þrjár laugar um dag (of baptismal water), n. G. l. i. 347; laug skal göra hveim er liðinn er hendr þvá ok höfuð (of washing the dead), Sdm. 34 (Bugge); síðan vóru borð tekin, en Flosi tók laugar ok lið hans, Nj. 176, (hand-laug, mund-laug, q. v.): the bath in which a new-born infant is washed is called laug.

laug: II. in Icel. a hot spring, which was used for bathing; en Föstudags-aptan fóru biskupar báðir til laugar í Laugar-ás eptir náttverð, BS. i. 78; eitt hvert kveld er þeir fóru til laugar, … en laugin (the spring) var ekki á almanna-veg, 621; þat var eitt kveld er Snorri sat í laugu, at talat var um höfðingja, … Sturla Bárðarson hafði haldit vörð yfir lauginni ok leiddi hann Snorra heim, Sturl. ii. 98; fyrir sunnan ána eru laugar (hot springs) ok þar hjá jarðholur stórar, Eg. 747; Kjartan fór opt til Sælingsdals-laugar (the well in S.), jafnan bar svá til at Guðrún var at laugu, Ld. 160; Gestr kemr til Sælingsdals-laugar, ok dvelsk þar um hríð, Guðrún kom til laugar ok fagnar vel Gesti frænda sínum, 124.

laug: III. in Icel. the hot springs were public bathing-places, and the word is freq. in local names, Laugar, f. pl., Laugar-á, Laugar-áss, Lauga-ból, Laugar-brekka, Laugar-dalr, Laugar-dælar, Laugar-nes, Lauga-land, Lauga-vatn, Lauga-fell, Laugar-vellir, Lauga-sker, Laugar-hús, Landn.; see the Sagas, the map of Icel., Eggert Itin.; and as the latter part of a compd, Valla-laug, Sælingsdals-laug, Reykja-laug, etc., all indicating places with hot springs used for baths in olden timeS.

laug: IV. Saturday was the day appointed for cleansing and bathing, and hence the day took its name, laugar-aptan, m. ‘bath-eve,’ Saturday evening, Ísl. ii. 274: laugar-dagr, m. ‘bath-day,’ Saturday, Grág., K. Þ. K., n. G. l., the Sagas passim: laugardags-morginn, m., -kveld, n. Saturday morning, evening, passim: laugar-kveld, n. = laugaraptan, Ísl. ii. 247: laugar-morginn, m. ‘bath-morning,’ Saturday morning, Ísl. ii. 232: laugar-nátt, f. ‘bath-night,’ Saturday night, (the night between Saturday and Sunday, as shewn by Sturl. ii. 170); ok er lofat at eta hvítan mat miðviku-nátt ok laugarnátt í Hvíta-dögum, K. Á. 188, K. Þ. K. This washing and fasting had a religious character, as is shewn bv laugavatn, Sól. 50; as also by the verse in Skíða R.,—aldrei frá ek at aumum þrjót | mun íllra meina batna | fyrr en lofar at leggja af biót | ok laugarnætr at vatna, 202: and that it came from the remote heathen age, when the year was still counted by pentads and not by heptads, we may infer from the freq. use of laug as the latter part of the compd in proper names, esp. of women, Ás-laug, Guð-laug, Þór-laug, Odd-laug, Sigr-laug, Snæ-laug, Vé-laug (= the Holy well, the Holy bath); and of men, Her-laugr, Guð-laugr, see Landn. and the SagaS.

laug: V. COMPDS: laugarhús, laugarker, laugarpíning, laugavatn.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

S.: Saga.

etc.: et cetera.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

esp.: especially.

R.: Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sdm.: Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

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