Leika

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

leika Old Icelandic word can mean:

leika

I)

leika

(leik; lék, lékum; leikinn), v.

leika

1) to play (við skulum nú ~ fyrst);

leika

~ leik, to play a play;

leika

~ tveim skjöldum, to play a double game;

leika

~ at e-u, to play (amuse oneself) with (Katla sat ok lék at hafri sínum);

leika

~ at tafli, to play at chess;

leika

~ sér, to play (hann lék sér þá enn á gólfi með öðrum börnum);

leika

2) to perform, of a feat or act of prowess (en ek hygg, at engi annarr fái þat leikit);

leika

3) to move, swing, wave to and fro, hang loosely (~ á lopti);

leika

landit skalf sem á þræði léki, as if balanced on a string;

leika

4) of flame, fire, water, waves, to play lightly about or over, lick (eldr tók at ~ húsin);

leika

eldrinn lék skjótt, the fire spread fast;

leika

leikr hár hiti við himin sjálfan, the lofty blaze plays against the very heavens;

leika

fig., e-m leikr e-t í skapi (í mun), one feels inclined to, has a mind to (þat leikr mér í skapi at kaupa Íslandsfar);

leika

5) to deal (hardly) with, to (ill-)treat (~ e-n illa, hart, sárt, sárliga);

leika

6) to play a trick upon, delude, = ~ á e-n (djöfullinn leikr þá alla);

leika

7) to bewitch, esp. in pp. (maðr sá var leikinn af flagði einu);

leika

8) with preps.:

leika

~ á e-n, to play a trick upon (mjök hefir þú á oss leikit);

leika

fig., lék þat orð á, at, it was rumoured, that;

leika

e-m leikr öfund á, to envy;

leika

e-m leikr hugr á, to have a mind to;

leika

þar leikr minn hugr á, my mind is bent upon that;

leika

hón segir föður sínum um hvat at ~ er, she told her father how things stood;

leika

~ e-n út, esp. in pp., to ill-treat (konungr sér nú Áka, hversu hann er út leikinn);

leika

~ við e-n, to play with one;

leika

~ við, to continue (meinit hafð lengi við leikit);

leika

9) refl., ~st, to be performed, done;

leika

ef þat má ~st, if this can be done;

leika

leikst á e-n, it goes against one, he gets the worst of it (mjök hefir leikizt á minn hluta);

leika

~st við, to play one against the other, play a match;

leika

höfðu þeir leikizt við barna leikum, meðan þeir vóru ungir, they had been playmates.

leika

II)

leika

(pl. leiku), n. plaything, doll.

leika

III)

leika

f.

leika

1) = ~, n.;

leika

2) play-sister (vér vórum leikur vetr níu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᚴᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary