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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