Ljóstr

Old Norse Dictionary - ljóstr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ljóstr" in English.

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

ljóstr
m., the r is radical, [Scot. leister; Ivar Aasen ljoster; Swed. ljustra; Scot. leister; cp. the description in Scott’s Guy Mannering]:—a salmon-spear, Pr. 454: metaph. in upp-ljóstr.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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