Liðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - liðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "liðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
liðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- liðr
- (gen. -ar; pl. -ir, acc. -u), m.
- liðr
- 1) joint of the body (lið kalla menn þat á manni, er leggir mætast); fótrinn stökk or liði, the foot went out of joint; fœra (fót) í lið, to set in joint again;
- liðr
- 2) hann var fölleitr ok l. á nefi, he was pale-looking and hook-nosed;
- liðr
- 3) degree (of kindred), generation.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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