Liði
Old Norse Dictionary - liðiMeaning 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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