Líð
Old Norse Dictionary - líðMeaning of Old Norse word "líð" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- líð
- n., not lið. see the cognate words: [Ulf. leiþus = σίκερα, Luke i. 15; A. S. and Hel. lîð; O. H. G. lîdu; mid. H. G. lît; it remains in many provinc. Germ. words,—leit-haus = an ale-house, a tavern; leit-geber = an ale-house keeper; leit-geben = to keep an ale-house; leit-kauf = earnest money, see Schmeller’s Bayrisches Wörterbuch S. v. lit]:—cider, Germ. obstwein; líð heitir öl, Edda 110; drekka líð, FmS. vi. 439 (in a verse); Hárs líð, the ale of Odin = poetry, Ht.; Yggs líð, id., Kormak. The word hardly occurs in prose, and is obsolete.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)