Leið
Old Icelandic Dictionary - leiðMeaning 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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