Létta

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

létta Old Icelandic word can mean:

létta

(-tta, -ttr), v.

létta

1) with acc. to lighten (l. skipin);

létta

2) with dat. to lift (þá létti köttrinn einum fœti);

létta

3) l. e-u, to desist from, leave off; l. ferð sinni, to stop one’s journey, to halt; also absol., þeir léttu eigi (they stopped not, halted not) fyrr en þeir kómu í Skaptártungur; l. af e-u, l. af at gøra e-t, to leave off doing, give up (hann léttir aldregi af slíkt at vinna); l. af hernaði, to leave off freebooting; l. undan, to withdraw, retreat (svá kom því máli, at Sigvaldi létti undan);

létta

4) to relieve, ease (hann létti hans meini með mikilli íþrótt);

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5) impers., e-m léttir, one is relieved, eased (of pain, illness); sótt (dat.) léttir, léttir af sóttinni, the illness (fever) abates; with the person in dat., the illness in gen. honum létti brátt sóttarinnar, he soon recovered from the illness; l. upp, to clear up, abate, esp. of the weather; storminum (hríðinni) léttir upp, the storm (snowstorm) abates;

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6) refl., ~st, to be lightened, cleared, of the sky (hinn syðri hlutr léttist); impers., e-m léttist = e-m léttir, one is relieved, eased (léttist honum heldr, ok var á fótum þrjá daga).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛏᛏᛅ

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