Liða

Old Norse Dictionary - liða

Meaning of Old Norse word "liða" in English.

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

liða Old Norse word can mean:

liða: að, [liðr], to arrange; þá skal biskup með þeim hætti liða lausnina, H. E. i. 243: to dismember, liða sundr or sundr-liða, and metaph. to expound [cp. ‘to divide,’ ὀρθοτομειν, N. T.]; ó-liðaðr, unexplained, Hom. (St.) 87.

liða: II. reflex. liðask, to fall in curls, of hair; hárit ljósjarpt ok liðaðisk vel, Fb. iii. 246; gult hár ok liðaðisk allt á herðar niðr, Ld. 272, Þiðr. 174.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

N. T.: New Testament.

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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