Lilja

Old Norse Dictionary - lilja

Meaning of Old Norse word "lilja" in English.

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

lilja Old Norse word can mean:

lilja: u, f. [Lat. lilium], a lily, Stj. 562, Barl. 44, Trist. 7, Mag. 9: name of a poem, whence the saying, öll skáld vildu Lilju kveðit hafa, H. E. ii. 398:—metaph. of a lady, mín liljan fríð! Fkv. ii. 52: cp. den lillie-vaand (qs. lily-hand), epithet of a lady in the Danish Ballads.

lilja: COMPDS: liljugrös, Liljulag.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

qs.: quasi.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fkv.: Forn-kvæði.

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

Mag.: Magus Saga. (G. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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