Loðinn

Old Norse Dictionary - loðinn

Meaning of Old Norse word "loðinn" in English.

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

loðinn Old Norse word can mean:

loðinn
part. shaggy, thick, of a fleece, as also of a field, crop of grass; loðin sem dýr, Al. 171; loðin sem selr, Fb. ii. 26; Loppa með loðna skó, Ísl. Þjóðs.; ær loðnar ok lembdar, ewes in fleece and with lamb, Grág. i. 502, Bs. i. 334, passim: of grass, túnit var úslegit ok gékk hestrinn þangat sem loðnast var, Grett. 107; var taðan svá loðin, at …, Finnb. 340, Stj. 258, Fb. i. 522; á grasi þóat loðit væri, Fms. ii. 278; kaf-loðinn, very shaggy or thick, of grass.
loðinn
COMPDS: loðinfingra, loðinhöfði, loðinkinni.
loðinn
II. in pr. names, Loðinn, Fms.; Loð-höttr, Loð-mundr, Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
part.
participle.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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