Læsa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - læsaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "læsa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
læsa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- læsa
- (-ta, -tr), v.
- læsa
- 1) to lock, with dat.; læsti hón loptinu innan, she locked the room from the inside; kirkjur vóru allar læstar, all the churches were locked;
- læsa
- 2) to shut in, lock up (hón fylgdi henni í útibúr ok læsti þau þar);
- læsa
- 3) to set in metal (í hjalti sverðsins vóru læstir lyfsteinar).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᛋᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
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