Lín

Old Norse Dictionary - lín

Meaning of Old Norse word "lín" in English.

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

lín
f., in poët. circumlocutions, bauga-lín, auðar-lín, arm-lín (see Lex. poët.), = hlín, q. v.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
poët.
poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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