Seið-læti

Old Norse Dictionary - seið-læti

Meaning of Old Norse word "seið-læti" in English.

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

seið-læti
n. pl. the sound heard during the incantation, prob. the screams, songs, and charms by which the seið was accompanied, Ld. 152; see varð-loka.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
prob.
probably.

Works & Authors cited:

Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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