Leiðar-skeið

Old Norse Dictionary - leiðar-skeið

Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðar-skeið" in English.

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

leiðar-skeið
n. the season of the Leet, the Leet month, Landn. (Hb.) 291; cp. Nj. ch. 87, ‘um haustið … lúka heyverkum.

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.
chapter.
cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hb.
Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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