Losna

Old Norse Dictionary - losna

Meaning of Old Norse word "losna" in English.

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

losna Old Norse word can mean:

losna: að, to get loose, get free, Vsp. 50, Edda 41, Eg. 233, 298; þá réttusk fingrnir ok losnuðu (loosened the grasp) af meðal-kaflanum, Grett. 154.

losna: 2. metaph., tók nú bardaginn at losna, the ranks began to get loose, in battle, Sturl. iii. 66; tekr lið hans heldr at losna, Al. 141: losna í sundr, to dissolve, break up, split asunder, Fms. viii. 290, ix. 374, Stj. 580, Hom. 83: to get free, 623. 22: sem þau koma á miðja ána losna fætr undir konunni, i. e. she slipped (cp. lauss á fótum), Bs. ii. 175: to part, leave a place, þætti mér bezt at losna þaðan eigi fyrr en …, Fins, ii. 5; losna brott, id., Fb. ii. 194; áðr þeir losni ór héraði, Ld. 276; fannsk þat á hvers orðum at nauðigr losnaði, Eb. 280.

losna: II. reflex. losnask, to get loose, Grett. 135 A.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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