Ljóð-stafir
Old Norse Dictionary - ljóð-stafirMeaning of Old Norse word "ljóð-stafir" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ljóð-stafir
- m. pl. the ‘lay-staves,’ alliterative letters, freq. in mod. usage, although the word is not found in old writers; ljóðstafr is to be distinguished from hljóðstafr = a vowel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚢᚦ-ᛋᛏᛅᚠᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.