Leiptr

Old Norse Dictionary - leiptr

Meaning 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.)
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