Lausung
Old Norse Dictionary - lausungMeaning of Old Norse word "lausung" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lausung Old Norse word can mean:
- lausung
- f. [A. S. leasung; Old Engl. leasing; North. E. leesum]:— lying, falsehood; gjalda lausung við lygi, Hm.; lausung fyrir staðfesti, Al. 23, Fbr. 74; með lausung, at large; á þeima degi sem þú gengr út … með lausung, Stj. 557. 1 Kings ii. 42; þeir stela nauti, en gefa lausungina Guðs nafni, they steal the ox, but give the offal to the name of God, Prov. xx. 25 in a note to the Bible of 1644; cp. ‘to steal a pound and give a penny.’
- lausung
- II. loose living, life of a libertine, Mar., Hom., FmS. xi. 423, passim in old and mod. usage.
- lausung
- COMPDS: lausungarkona, lausungarmaðr, lausungarorð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚢᛋᚢᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
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