Lemja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - lemja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "lemja" in English.

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

lemja Old Icelandic word can mean:

lemja
(lem, lamda, lamiðr), v.
lemja
1) to thrash, flog, beat (þeir lömdu hann náliga til bótleysis);
lemja
2) l. niðr, to beat down, suppress (hafa vald til þess at niðr l. allan mátt illgjarnra anda);
lemja
3) refl. to be severely injured (svá mikit högg, at haussinn lamdist).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛘᛁᛅ

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