Lé
Old Norse Dictionary - léMeaning of Old Norse word "lé" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lé Old Norse word can mean:
- lé
- m., with the article léinn, Fms. vii. 264; acc. sing. lia, Korm. 38; ljáinn, Fb. i. 522; plur. learnir, Edda 48; dat. lianum (ljánum), id.; acc. pl. lia (= ljá), id.: the mod. form is nom. ljár, gen. ljás, dat. and acc. ljá; the nom. ljár occurs in Fb. i. 522: [North. E. ley, lea; Dan. lee; Swed. lia]:—a scythe; hinn deigi lé, Mkv.; hvass lé, Flóv. 25; stæltr lé, Grág. i. 501; dengja ljá, ii. 211; orb ok nýjan ljá, Fb. i. 522; ljá í langorfi, Korm. 38; stafn-ljá (dat.), an entering hook, Fms. vii. 264.
- lé
- COMPDS: lédengd, lédenging, légarðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- nom.
- nominative.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)