Ló
Old Norse Dictionary - lóMeaning of Old Norse word "ló" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ló Old Norse word can mean:
- ló
- f., pl. lær (i. e. lœr), lóa, u, f., Edda ii. 489, and in mod. usage:—a sandpiper; for a pretty legend of the origin of this bird see Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 1, 2; snemma lóan lítla í lopti bláu dirrindí undir sólu syngr, Jónas; veiða smirla ok lœr, Grág. ii. 346; heitir lœr á leiru, Skálda 205, Edda (Gl.); hei-ló, q. v. = sandpiper; sand-ló, id.
- ló
- 2. metaph. a coward; flýðu þeir undan, lœr þeir, the sandpipers, the hares! Fms. xi. 36. ló-þræll, m. ‘sandpiper-thrall,’ the dunlin or tringa alpina, Edda (Gl.), so called from its following in the wake of the sandpiper, Fjölnir ix. 69, 70.
- ló
- II. = lóð, q. v.; ló á klæði; hence af-lóa, adj. threadbare.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- adj.
- adjective.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Jónas
- Jónas Hallgrímsson.
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)