Laugar-píning

Old Norse Dictionary - laugar-píning

Meaning of Old Norse word "laugar-píning" in English.

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

laugar-píning
f. ‘passion’ in a bath, of a bishop who died when in a bath, Bs. i. 78, (see the context of the passage.)

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
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