Læ

Old Icelandic Dictionary - læ

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "læ" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

læ Old Icelandic word can mean:

læ: (dat. lævi), n., poet. venom, bane;

læ: blanda lopt lævi, to poison the air;

læ: sviga læ, ‘switch-bane’, fire;

læ: biðja e-m læs, to wish one evil;

læ: löngr eru lýða læ, the woes of men are long.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

n.: neuter.

e-m: einhverjum.

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