Leið

Old Icelandic Dictionary - leið

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "leið" in English.

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

leið Old Icelandic word can mean:

leið
I)
leið
(-ar, -ir), f.
leið
1) way (fara, ríða ~ sína or ~ar sinnar);
leið
2) way, road (á skóginum vóru tvennar ~ir);
leið
þar er ~ir skildi, where the roads parted;
leið
3) course (on the sea);
leið
segja ~, to pilot;
leið
4) adverb. phrases:
leið
koma e-u til ~ar or á ~, to bring about;
leið
skipast á betri ~, to change to a better way;
leið
á þá ~, in this wise, thus;
leið
fram á ~, á ~ fram, further, all along; afterwards, for the time to come;
leið
5) levy;
leið
~ar at biðja, to call out a levy.
leið
II)
leið
f. a local assembly (in the Icelandic Commonwealth).
leið
III)
leið
from líða.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚦ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
adverb.
adverbially.
e-u
einhverju.

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