Lýr

Old Norse Dictionary - lýr

Meaning of Old Norse word "lýr" in English.

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

lýr
m., gen. lýs, a kind of fish, gadus pollachius, Edda (Gl.), = Norse lyr; whence lýr-gata, lý-braut, lý-slóð, lý-teigr, the track of the lyr, poët. = the sea, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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