Leiðsla

Old Norse Dictionary - leiðsla

Meaning of Old Norse word "leiðsla" in English.

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

leiðsla Old Norse word can mean:

leiðsla
u, f. guidance, leading, Hom. 61, Anal. 292; hand-l., passim in mod. usage: metaph. a vision, being ‘led’ in a vision through heaven and hell, as in Dante’s Commedia, the Sólarljóð, and other works of the Middle Ages; leiðsla Rannveigar, Bs. i. 451; Duggals-leiðsla, the Vision of Duggal, an old legend; hence the mod. phrase, ganga í leiðslu, to walk as in absence of mind or distraction.
leiðsla
II. burial, interment, Fas. i. 204, Bret.; út-leiðsla. leiðslu-drykkja, u, f. a parting bout, Hkr. iii. 181.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Anal.
Analecta. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
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