Liði

Old Norse Dictionary - liði

Meaning of Old Norse word "liði" in English.

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

liði Old Norse word can mean:

liði
a, m. [lið], a follower; liðar þat eru fylgðar-menn, Edda 107; Eysteins, Þorkels, Háreks, Valþjófs liðar, the men of Eystein …, Walthiof, FaS. ii. 50 (in a vtrse), Fms. v. 222 (in a verse), Lex. Poët.; Búa-liðar, the men of Bui, FmS. xi. 140; Langbarðs liðar, the Lombard people, Gkv. 2. 19; Ás-liðar, the Ases, Skm. 34; hans liðar, his men. FaS. ii. 315 (in a verse); fjándinn ok hans liðar, Hom. (St.) 77; ek ok mínir liðar, Ó. H. 243.
liði
II. a traveller, esp. a sailor, [cp. A. S. liða; and lið = a ship, liðsmenn = sailors]; in vetr-liði, a winter-sailor; sumar-liði, a summer-sailor.
liði
III. in a local sense, a district, in regard to the levy; hann lagði á bændr leiðangr, at ór hverjum liða skyldi gera mann ok um fram pund ok naut, Fms. v.ii. 395, D. n. ii. 614, 624. liða-gjald, n. the levied tax (from liði = a sailor), Fms. v.ii. 327, 419.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
esp.
especially.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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