Leygr

Old Norse Dictionary - leygr

Meaning of Old Norse word "leygr" in English.

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

leygr: in., gen. leygjar and leygs, [akin to logi], a lowe, fire, flame, freq. in old poetry, singly as well as in compds, but never used in prose; esp. freq. in poët. circumlocutions of gold and weapons; báru-leygr, the waves’ beam = gold; arm-leygr, the flasb of the arm = a bracelet; und-leygr, the flash of a wound, of blood, of Odin, etc. = a weapon, see Lex. poët. leyg-för, f. a fire (Lat. incendium), Fms. ix. 533 (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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