Leiptr
Old Norse Dictionary - leiptrMeaning of Old Norse word "leiptr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
leiptr Old Norse word can mean:
- leiptr
- f., pl. leiptrir, Hkv. 1. 15; gen. sing. leiptrar, 2. 29; but in mod. usage neut.:—lightning, Sks. 203, passim in mod. usage.
- leiptr
- 2. in poetry; hræ-l., ‘carrion-lightning’ = a sword; or víg-l., ‘war-lightning,’ id.; alnar-l., ‘arm-lightning’ = gold; enni-leiptr, the ‘brow-lightning’ = the eye, see Lex. Poët.; leiptra hrót, the ‘lightning-roof’ = the sky, Harms.: leiptr is the name of a sword, Edda (Gl.)
- leiptr
- II. the name of a myth. river, cp. the Gr. Πυριφλεγέθων, Gm.: an oath sworn by this river, Hkv. 2. 29.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
- v.
- vide.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)