Læsa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - læsa

Meaning 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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