Lesta
Old Norse Dictionary - lestaMeaning of Old Norse word "lesta" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lesta Old Norse word can mean:
- lesta
- t, [Lat. laedere, by Grimm’s law, t for d], to break up, injure, wreck; lesta skip, to wreck one’s ship, Eg. 159; lesta hús at lásum eða viði, Grág. ii. 110: impers. to be wrecked, ok lesti þar skipit, Fms. x. 158; þá er bæði (both ships) lesti Hjálp ok Fífu, Orkn. (in a verse).
- lesta
- 2. metaph. to break, violate; lesta lög, Skálda (in a verse).
- lesta
- II. reflex. to be damaged; ef kirkja brennr upp ok lestisk, K. Þ. K. 42; bogi þeirra lestisk, 623. 31; þá lestisk ráin, Grett. 86; féll hann af baki ok lestisk fótr hans, Fb. i. 538; skip lestisk, Grág. ii. 268: part., ok lest (broken) svá skip hans at eigi væri fært, Fær. 116; hestr er lestr, haukr er daudr, Maurer’s Volks. 321.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pers.
- person.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- part.
- participle.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
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